How to setup Cisco VPN using VPNC Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04)
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Let’s begin and follow the steps exactly replacing your own pcf file:
Open terminal and run the following commands
* Create a directory
mkdir vpnclient
Change to that directory:
cd vpnclient
* Download cisco-decrypt file which will be used to decrypt the group password from your pcf file:
wget http://www.debuntu.org/files/cisco-decrypt.c
sudo apt-get install libgcrypt11-dev
gcc -Wall -o cisco-decrypt cisco-decrypt.c $(libgcrypt-config
--libs--cflags)
chmod +x cisco-decrypt
sudo cp cisco-decrypt /usr/bin
* Download pcf2vpnc to convert pcf files in vpnc configuration format
wget http://svn.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/vpnc/trunk/pcf2vpnc
chmod +x pcf2vpnc
sudo cp pcf2vpnc /usr/bin
* Go to windows vpn profiles directory and convert .pcf files to .conf files
pcf2vpnc cisco.pcf > cisco.conf
Note:replace above cisco.pcf with your own .pcf file.
sudo cp cisco.conf /etc/vpnc/
* install vpnc and connect to vpn
sudo apt-get install vpnc resolvconf
sudo vpnc cisco
Enter username for <vpn> :
Enter password for <vpn>:
VPNC started in background (pid: 6092)...
* To disconnect simply do
sudo vpnc-disconnect
After your VPN has been established then connect to your remote desktop
Go to Applications >> Internet >> Terminal server client
Or
In terminal run
tsclient
Credir goes here
AWESOME GUIDE!! However, the link to the c-source is dead – use this in stead: http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/soft/cisco-decrypt.c
thanks so much dude
thank you very much. It works.
p.s I tested it on ubuntu 11.4
Thank you so much, it worked for me on ubuntu natty
Thank you so much!
It works on 10.10
Hi Gary,
I have the same problem. The VPNC started as follows:
VPNC started in background (pid: 11042)…
But I am not able to connect to any machine using the vpn tunel. I am wondering if you found the solution. Thanks.
Chris
That was a long time, and I can’t remember now. But I do remember that hostnames never worked. In the end I was using the gnome network manager to connect.
thanks a lot.. it worked like magic..