[NTLUG:Discuss] Cisco vpn client 4.8 with SuSE 10.3

[Steve Martindell]

Chris, if you can find out which version of 4.8 works(and where to get it)
and any patch(es) that need to apply,  that would be appreciated.

I think I was applying a patch for version of 4.8.00 to another version
=4.8.01(below) which was not working.
My employer only supplies version 4.6 of the cisco client. So I have
downloaded several versions of 4.8 and tried these with and without
patches with no success.

  thanks,
      -steve

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Steve Martindell wrote:
> anyone tried this on Suse 10.3 ?
>
> I downloaded the ~latest version of the 4.8 client
> ="vpnclient-linux-x86_64-4.8.01.0640-k9"
> from "http://tuxx-home.at/archives/2007/09/24/T15_26_49/"
>
> Ran the vpn_install script as root,
>
> and get the following compile error:
>
> .../vpnclient/interceptor.c:778: error: invalid operands to binary -

I have not tried it... However, my network guy at the office
has and had to get a patch from Cisco (I think) in order to
make it work.

> So I do a google search on this error and see that other people are getting
> the same error with Suse 10.3, but I don't see anyone getting it to work.
> And I tried to install the patch someone suggested without success.

Not sure about the patch... I'll have to ask him next
week.

> I know this client works with Redhat.
>
> my version of Suse is:
> /home/stevem>  uname -sr   Linux 2.6.22.9-0.4-default

Depending on how your Cisco VPN is setup, you can use the
much more stable and faster vpnc (open software) product
to talk to a Cisco VPN concentrator.

There are some scenarios that won't allow this though.
Fortunately, where I work, both will work though.