Re: How to convert Cisco VPN PCF to something network-manager-vpnc can use?
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 10:51 -0400, Jamie Jackson wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Dan Williams wrote: >> > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 20:29 -0400, Jamie Jackson wrote: >> >> My corp is phasing out the old vpn server, and we've been given a new >> >> profile for the new server. >> >> >> >> For the old vpn server, I was able to use some info from the pcf >> >> profile file, and trial-and-error/guess the rest of the pieces, and >> >> was able to configure the VPN connection through the NM VPN >> >> configuration GUI. >> > >> > Recent versions of NetworkManager-vpnc (0.7.1) should be able to import >> > PCF files and get you most of the way there. Is that not working for >> > some reason? Updates after 0.7.1 will even decrypt the group secret for >> > you automatically. >> > >> > Dan >> >> Hi Dan, thanks for the reply. >> >> I've just installed network-manager-vpnc v: >> 0.7.1~rc4.20090316+bzr21-0ubuntu2 to try out your suggestion. >> 1. Through NM: "Configure VPN..." >> 2. Click "Import" >> 3. Select my PCF >> 4. Received the following: >> >> "Cannot import VPN connection >> The file '.' could not be read or does not contain recognized VPN >> connection information >> Error: unknown PPTP file extension." > > So that means that none of the VPN plugins recognized the file. Does it > by chance not have a description? There was a bug fixed long after the > version of NetworkManager-vpnc that you're apparently using (perhaps > Ubuntu should be more pro-active with updates) that would cause the > import to fail if no description was present. It would be in the [main] > section like: > > Description=My VPN Connection Yes, that does help, thanks!!! Adding a description allows NM 0.7.1 to import the PCF. Okay, on to the next hurdle: I've been able to use the CLI vpnc client to connect to this new profile, but it took some research to get even that going. Here are some options that I have to use beyond what pcf2vpnc provided: sudo vpnc ./pcf2vpncGeneratedConfig.vpnc --local-port 0 --application-version "Cisco Systems VPN Client 0.3:WinNT" Without those extra options provided to the vpnc client, connections fail, so I'm going to have to figure out how to make the same tweaks to NM-VPNC. Is there any way to get NM to use those same values that I'm supplying to vpnc? Thanks, Jamie > > Dan > >> Renaming the file to remove spaces produces a more lucid error >> message, but still the same error: >> >> "Cannot import VPN connection >> The file 'myprofile.pcf' could not be read or does not contain >> recognized VPN connection information >> Error: unknown PPTP file extension." >> >> Do you see any problem with my procedure? >> >> Thanks, >> Jamie >> >> > >> > >> >> However, I haven't been so lucky with the current file, as the >> >> trial-and-error hasn't worked out so far. >> >> >> >> What's the best way to translate the PCF into something I can use in >> >> NM-vpnc? Some manual way to translate (I could type into the GUI), or >> >> some automated way to convert the file... either way would be fine, as >> >> long as the end result is working VPN through NM. >> >> >> >> (BTW, I can already decrypt Cisco VPN secrets, so that's not the >> >> issue, it's the other options that I think I'm having trouble with.) >> >> >> >> I've googled this, but it seems that the information is outdated, when >> >> it comes to newer versions of NM (at least that's how it seems). >> >> >> >> NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0.100 >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jamie >> >> ___ >> >> NetworkManager-list mailing list >> >> NetworkManager-list@gnome.org >> >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list >> > >> > > > ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: How to convert Cisco VPN PCF to something network-manager-vpnc can use?
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 10:51 -0400, Jamie Jackson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 20:29 -0400, Jamie Jackson wrote: > >> My corp is phasing out the old vpn server, and we've been given a new > >> profile for the new server. > >> > >> For the old vpn server, I was able to use some info from the pcf > >> profile file, and trial-and-error/guess the rest of the pieces, and > >> was able to configure the VPN connection through the NM VPN > >> configuration GUI. > > > > Recent versions of NetworkManager-vpnc (0.7.1) should be able to import > > PCF files and get you most of the way there. Is that not working for > > some reason? Updates after 0.7.1 will even decrypt the group secret for > > you automatically. > > > > Dan > > Hi Dan, thanks for the reply. > > I've just installed network-manager-vpnc v: > 0.7.1~rc4.20090316+bzr21-0ubuntu2 to try out your suggestion. > 1. Through NM: "Configure VPN..." > 2. Click "Import" > 3. Select my PCF > 4. Received the following: > > "Cannot import VPN connection > The file '.' could not be read or does not contain recognized VPN > connection information > Error: unknown PPTP file extension." So that means that none of the VPN plugins recognized the file. Does it by chance not have a description? There was a bug fixed long after the version of NetworkManager-vpnc that you're apparently using (perhaps Ubuntu should be more pro-active with updates) that would cause the import to fail if no description was present. It would be in the [main] section like: Description=My VPN Connection Dan > Renaming the file to remove spaces produces a more lucid error > message, but still the same error: > > "Cannot import VPN connection > The file 'myprofile.pcf' could not be read or does not contain > recognized VPN connection information > Error: unknown PPTP file extension." > > Do you see any problem with my procedure? > > Thanks, > Jamie > > > > > > >> However, I haven't been so lucky with the current file, as the > >> trial-and-error hasn't worked out so far. > >> > >> What's the best way to translate the PCF into something I can use in > >> NM-vpnc? Some manual way to translate (I could type into the GUI), or > >> some automated way to convert the file... either way would be fine, as > >> long as the end result is working VPN through NM. > >> > >> (BTW, I can already decrypt Cisco VPN secrets, so that's not the > >> issue, it's the other options that I think I'm having trouble with.) > >> > >> I've googled this, but it seems that the information is outdated, when > >> it comes to newer versions of NM (at least that's how it seems). > >> > >> NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0.100 > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Jamie > >> ___ > >> NetworkManager-list mailing list > >> NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > > ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: How to convert Cisco VPN PCF to something network-manager-vpnc can use?
*bump* (Sorry, my corp has disabled the old, working VPN profile, so now I've really got to get the new profile working.) On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Jamie Jackson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Dan Williams wrote: >> On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 20:29 -0400, Jamie Jackson wrote: >>> My corp is phasing out the old vpn server, and we've been given a new >>> profile for the new server. >>> >>> For the old vpn server, I was able to use some info from the pcf >>> profile file, and trial-and-error/guess the rest of the pieces, and >>> was able to configure the VPN connection through the NM VPN >>> configuration GUI. >> >> Recent versions of NetworkManager-vpnc (0.7.1) should be able to import >> PCF files and get you most of the way there. Is that not working for >> some reason? Updates after 0.7.1 will even decrypt the group secret for >> you automatically. >> >> Dan > > Hi Dan, thanks for the reply. > > I've just installed network-manager-vpnc v: > 0.7.1~rc4.20090316+bzr21-0ubuntu2 to try out your suggestion. > 1. Through NM: "Configure VPN..." > 2. Click "Import" > 3. Select my PCF > 4. Received the following: > > "Cannot import VPN connection > The file '.' could not be read or does not contain recognized VPN > connection information > Error: unknown PPTP file extension." > > Renaming the file to remove spaces produces a more lucid error > message, but still the same error: > > "Cannot import VPN connection > The file 'myprofile.pcf' could not be read or does not contain > recognized VPN connection information > Error: unknown PPTP file extension." > > Do you see any problem with my procedure? > > Thanks, > Jamie > >> >> >>> However, I haven't been so lucky with the current file, as the >>> trial-and-error hasn't worked out so far. >>> >>> What's the best way to translate the PCF into something I can use in >>> NM-vpnc? Some manual way to translate (I could type into the GUI), or >>> some automated way to convert the file... either way would be fine, as >>> long as the end result is working VPN through NM. >>> >>> (BTW, I can already decrypt Cisco VPN secrets, so that's not the >>> issue, it's the other options that I think I'm having trouble with.) >>> >>> I've googled this, but it seems that the information is outdated, when >>> it comes to newer versions of NM (at least that's how it seems). >>> >>> NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0.100 >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jamie >>> ___ >>> NetworkManager-list mailing list >>> NetworkManager-list@gnome.org >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list >> >> > ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: How to convert Cisco VPN PCF to something network-manager-vpnc can use?
Off list, someone mentioned that I should try pcf2vpnc. I found it in /usr/share/vpnc/pcf2vpnc What would I do with the output of that? I piped it into a file and tried to import it through NM's VPN Configuration's importer, but no luck, so I figure that's not the right process. Thanks, Jamie On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Jamie Jackson wrote: > My corp is phasing out the old vpn server, and we've been given a new > profile for the new server. > > For the old vpn server, I was able to use some info from the pcf > profile file, and trial-and-error/guess the rest of the pieces, and > was able to configure the VPN connection through the NM VPN > configuration GUI. > > However, I haven't been so lucky with the current file, as the > trial-and-error hasn't worked out so far. > > What's the best way to translate the PCF into something I can use in > NM-vpnc? Some manual way to translate (I could type into the GUI), or > some automated way to convert the file... either way would be fine, as > long as the end result is working VPN through NM. > > (BTW, I can already decrypt Cisco VPN secrets, so that's not the > issue, it's the other options that I think I'm having trouble with.) > > I've googled this, but it seems that the information is outdated, when > it comes to newer versions of NM (at least that's how it seems). > > NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0.100 > > Thanks, > Jamie > ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: How to convert Cisco VPN PCF to something network-manager-vpnc can use?
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 20:29 -0400, Jamie Jackson wrote: >> My corp is phasing out the old vpn server, and we've been given a new >> profile for the new server. >> >> For the old vpn server, I was able to use some info from the pcf >> profile file, and trial-and-error/guess the rest of the pieces, and >> was able to configure the VPN connection through the NM VPN >> configuration GUI. > > Recent versions of NetworkManager-vpnc (0.7.1) should be able to import > PCF files and get you most of the way there. Is that not working for > some reason? Updates after 0.7.1 will even decrypt the group secret for > you automatically. > > Dan Hi Dan, thanks for the reply. I've just installed network-manager-vpnc v: 0.7.1~rc4.20090316+bzr21-0ubuntu2 to try out your suggestion. 1. Through NM: "Configure VPN..." 2. Click "Import" 3. Select my PCF 4. Received the following: "Cannot import VPN connection The file '.' could not be read or does not contain recognized VPN connection information Error: unknown PPTP file extension." Renaming the file to remove spaces produces a more lucid error message, but still the same error: "Cannot import VPN connection The file 'myprofile.pcf' could not be read or does not contain recognized VPN connection information Error: unknown PPTP file extension." Do you see any problem with my procedure? Thanks, Jamie > > >> However, I haven't been so lucky with the current file, as the >> trial-and-error hasn't worked out so far. >> >> What's the best way to translate the PCF into something I can use in >> NM-vpnc? Some manual way to translate (I could type into the GUI), or >> some automated way to convert the file... either way would be fine, as >> long as the end result is working VPN through NM. >> >> (BTW, I can already decrypt Cisco VPN secrets, so that's not the >> issue, it's the other options that I think I'm having trouble with.) >> >> I've googled this, but it seems that the information is outdated, when >> it comes to newer versions of NM (at least that's how it seems). >> >> NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0.100 >> >> Thanks, >> Jamie >> ___ >> NetworkManager-list mailing list >> NetworkManager-list@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: How to convert Cisco VPN PCF to something network-manager-vpnc can use?
On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 20:29 -0400, Jamie Jackson wrote: > My corp is phasing out the old vpn server, and we've been given a new > profile for the new server. > > For the old vpn server, I was able to use some info from the pcf > profile file, and trial-and-error/guess the rest of the pieces, and > was able to configure the VPN connection through the NM VPN > configuration GUI. Recent versions of NetworkManager-vpnc (0.7.1) should be able to import PCF files and get you most of the way there. Is that not working for some reason? Updates after 0.7.1 will even decrypt the group secret for you automatically. Dan > However, I haven't been so lucky with the current file, as the > trial-and-error hasn't worked out so far. > > What's the best way to translate the PCF into something I can use in > NM-vpnc? Some manual way to translate (I could type into the GUI), or > some automated way to convert the file... either way would be fine, as > long as the end result is working VPN through NM. > > (BTW, I can already decrypt Cisco VPN secrets, so that's not the > issue, it's the other options that I think I'm having trouble with.) > > I've googled this, but it seems that the information is outdated, when > it comes to newer versions of NM (at least that's how it seems). > > NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0.100 > > Thanks, > Jamie > ___ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
How to convert Cisco VPN PCF to something network-manager-vpnc can use?
My corp is phasing out the old vpn server, and we've been given a new profile for the new server. For the old vpn server, I was able to use some info from the pcf profile file, and trial-and-error/guess the rest of the pieces, and was able to configure the VPN connection through the NM VPN configuration GUI. However, I haven't been so lucky with the current file, as the trial-and-error hasn't worked out so far. What's the best way to translate the PCF into something I can use in NM-vpnc? Some manual way to translate (I could type into the GUI), or some automated way to convert the file... either way would be fine, as long as the end result is working VPN through NM. (BTW, I can already decrypt Cisco VPN secrets, so that's not the issue, it's the other options that I think I'm having trouble with.) I've googled this, but it seems that the information is outdated, when it comes to newer versions of NM (at least that's how it seems). NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0.100 Thanks, Jamie ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
