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  • November 1, 2002 at 2:28 am #354715
    rugby
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    It just might be my dyslexia working overtime tonight but I keep getting a syntax error when following your instructions for part three of the racoons series. I created a simple text document with textedit that has this in it:

    flush;
    spdflush;
    spdadd 10.7.40.0/22 10.7.50.2/32 any -P in ipsec esp/tunnel/myworkaddress-10.7.50.2/require;
    spdadd 10.7.50.2/32 10.7.40.0/22 any -P out ipsec esp/tunnel/10.7.50.2-myworkaddress/require;

    I even saved it to the same spot you did in your article. I added the preshared secret to the psk.txt file. Here’s what I get next:

    sudo setkey -f /Shared\ Items/vpnsetup.txt

    ]ine 1: Syntax error at [

    what is this? Any ideas?

    I used vpntracker with a fair amount of success, but am too cheap to buy it if I can get this to work properly. I must be doing something wrong, but I’m not sure what. Thanks for any help you can give me

    November 1, 2002 at 12:05 pm #354719
    rugby
    Participant

    I did what you said, I entered each SPA individually and didn’t get any errors at all this time:

    ? flush;
    ? spdflush;
    ? spdadd 10.7.40.0/22 10.7.50.2/32 any -P in ipsec esp/tunnel/workipaddress-10.7.50.2/require;
    ? spdadd 10.7.50.2/32 10.7.40.0/22 any -P out ipsec esp/tunnel/10.7.50.2-workipaddress/require;
    ? EOF

    racoon -f /etc/racoon/racoon.conf

    Now, if I type ps -aux | grep racoon I get this:

    root 675 0.0 0.0 1936 420 ?? Ss 6:02AM 0:00.19 racoon -f /etc/racoon/racoon.conf

    does that mean it’s running?

    December 4, 2002 at 3:09 am #354832
    Anonymous
    Participant

    If you are using a Mac text editor, such as BBedit, setkey will not like the linefeeds used by default. Make sure that whatever editor you are using is set to use unix linefeeds.

    January 22, 2003 at 2:11 pm #355064
    jaharmi
    Participant

    Your problem is most likely your text editor. I had the exact same problem, but then I went back into BBEdit and set the line ending type to “UNIX” rather than “Mac” (the default). I saved the document and then used the vpnsetup.txt file and it worked.

    February 5, 2003 at 5:43 pm #355137
    Anonymous
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    try to use the ‘pico’ text editor from the command line to edit those files. Just issue the command pico /etc/racoon/racoon.conf and it will open that file up inside the shell. Use your arrow keys to move around, delete to .. delete .. etc …

    Also, try out http://www.accesswave.ca/alrankin/ and see if any of the info I posted can help you out.

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