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Linux VPN HOW-TO Install |
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NOTE : Kernel Source must be installed before attempting to install the Cisco VPN client for Linux. The examples given below were from a fresh Fedora-Core-1 Linux installation. Each Linux distro will vary some.
• Download or copy from CD the Cisco VPN client for Linux. In this example it is the current version of vpnclient-linux-4.0.Rel-k9.tar.gz.Download the client by clicking here.
Download the appropriate VPN Profiles below.
• Login as root by issuing the command su .
• Issue the command tar zxvf vpnclient-linux-4.0.Rel-k9.tar.gz (at the location where you want to extract the install files). This will extract the installation files into ./vpnclient directory which it will create.
• cd vpnclient
• ./vpn_install
• This will then ask you a set of questions, of which you should see something like below : (most of the questions will 'auto-discover' your directories it needs, however if you have installed them in a non-standard location you will need to provide the exact location for each item.)
NOTE : Notice that the config files are stored in /etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/ and the profiles are kept in the Profiles/ of the same directory. This becomes important when you need to install the correct SIU-*.pcf profile for your access.
• Copy the SIUC-staff, student, other.pcf file into the /etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Profiles directory. Ie cp /mnt/cdrom/SIUC-staff.pcf /etc/CiscoSystemsVPNClient/Profiles/
• Reboot Linux machine completely.
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