Re: [tlug] VPN problem after Inteprid upgrade

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 02:41:46PM +0900, Johan Berntsson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I upgraded my Ubuntu machine to 8.10, and everything works well except
> for VPN. I had a working connection in 8.04, but the settings were
> gone, and the GUI has changed. I added a new connection with the same
> data as before, but when I try to connect I get this mysterious error:
> "VPN failed because there was no valid VPN secret". Google doesn't
> give me useful information, so I wonder if it makes sense to anyone on
> this list. Any ideas on what the cause is and how to fix it?

You'd have to be a bit more specific.  What kind of VPN?  I use a Cisco
VPN with the stock vpnc, and had no problems after an upgrade.

Is it possible that there was an upgrade to vpnc that overwrote your
original /etc/vpnc/default.conf file?


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