Cisco VPN Client & openSuSE 10.3

Here is article on how to install the Cisco VPN client in OpenSuSE, sure you can use vpnc which is compatible with Cisco but I thought it would be a nice post.

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First make sure that you are running kernel 2.6.22.13-0.3. Earlier versions of the kernel gave us problems during compile. Check your kernel version with:

# uname -r

Download version 4.8 of the client. You can download it from here: http://helpdesk.ugent.be/vpn/download/vpnclient-linux-x86_64-4.8.00.0490-k9.tar.gz. Earlier and later versions gave us problems and were not working. Our advice is to stick to version 4.8 for now.

Extract the downloaded file.

Download a patch for this client.

# wget http://tuxx-home.at/projects/cisco-vpnclient/vpnclient-linux-2.6.22.diff

Apply the patch:

# cd vpnclient
# patch -i ../vpnclient-linux-2.6.22.diff

Install the client:

# sudo ./vpn_install

Start the vpn service:

# sudo /etc/init.d/vpnclient_init start

Now you should be able to start the vpn service by:

# vpnclient connect yourPCFfile

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Comment by Marco M. on January 26, 2008

A few things :

* The last command should be executed as root.
* move the profile under /etc/opt/cisco-vpnclient/Profiles
* check carriage returns of the file are in unix format
* do not use the “.pcf” extension in the sudo vpnclient connect yourPCFfile command

http://www.mastropaolo.com/2008/01/26/cisco-vpn-on-opensuse-103/

Comment by Alex on March 01, 2008

hello

i did all how you wrote, but i get errors:
======== start ==========
Making module
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24.3-default/build SUBDIRS=/home/alex/linux/vpnclient modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/kernel-2.6.24.3default’
CC [M] /home/alex/linux/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.o
In file included from /home/alex/linux/vpnclient/Cniapi.h:15,
from /home/alex/linux/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.c:30:
/home/alex/linux/vpnclient/GenDefs.h:113: error: conflicting types for â_~uintptr_tâ_T
include/linux/types.h:40: error: previous declaration of â_~uintptr_tâ_T was here
make[2]: *** [/home/alex/linux/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/alex/linux/vpnclient] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/kernel-2.6.24.3default’
make: *** [default] Error 2
Failed to make module “cisco_ipsec.ko”.
========= end ===========

can you help me?
i use openSUSE 10.3, kernel 2.6.24.3
you wrote i need to update my kernel, so i did it. my last kernel was 2.6.22.5 i think
thank you

Comment by Shailender on March 03, 2008

Hello All

I am having the same problem as Alex described. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks

shailender.singh@shailender-singh:~/downloads/vpnclient> sudo ./vpn_install
Cisco Systems VPN Client Version 4.8.00 (0490) Linux Installer
Copyright (C) 1998-2005 Cisco Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

By installing this product you agree that you have read the
license.txt file (The VPN Client license) and will comply with
its terms.

Directory where binaries will be installed [/usr/local/bin]

Automatically start the VPN service at boot time [yes]

In order to build the VPN kernel module, you must have the
kernel headers for the version of the kernel you are running.

Directory containing linux kernel source code [/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/build]

* Binaries will be installed in “/usr/local/bin”.
* Modules will be installed in “/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/CiscoVPN”.
* The VPN service will be started AUTOMATICALLY at boot time.
* Kernel source from “/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/build” will be used to build the module.

Is the above correct [y]y

Making module
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/build SUBDIRS=/home/shailender.singh/downloads/vpnclient modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31-obj/i386/default’
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules’. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31-obj/i386/default’
make: *** [default] Error 2
Failed to make module “cisco_ipsec.ko”.

Comment by Robert M on March 21, 2008

I have tried this as well, SuSE 10.3 kernel 2.6.22.17-0.1-default
It drops out to this:

make: *** [default] Error 2
Failed to make module “cisco_ipsec.ko”.

I tried it again after uninstalling VPNC.

Results negitive:

Directory containing linux kernel source code [/lib/modules/2.6.22.17-0.1-default/build]

* Binaries will be installed in “/usr/local/bin”.
* Modules will be installed in “/lib/modules/2.6.22.17-0.1-default/CiscoVPN”.
* The VPN service will be started AUTOMATICALLY at boot time.
* Kernel source from “/lib/modules/2.6.22.17-0.1-default/build” will be used to build the module.

Is the above correct [y]

Making module
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.17-0.1-default/build SUBDIRS=/home/jesgrew/Desktop/vpnclient modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.17-0.1-obj/i386/default’
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules’. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.17-0.1-obj/i386/default’
make: *** [default] Error 2
Failed to make module “cisco_ipsec.ko”.
linux-gw75:/home/jesgrew/Desktop/vpnclient # sudo /etc/init.d/vpnclient_init start
sudo: /etc/init.d/vpnclient_init: command not found

Anybody have a solution?