On 22 Sep 2008 01:39:21 GMT, John wrote:
>Installed the Aventail VPN client for Linux to see if I can use it to
>connect to my work VPN. All goes well until I say "connect" at which
>point I get a whole stream of errors

What does their documentation say about what verison of java required?
What do you get if you point your browser at a java test applet
such as http://javatester.org/version.html
or http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp

I use this successfully on Ubuntu after lots of trial and error. However,
don't use the gui version that needs java. Use the command line version.
Type startct in a terminal instead of startctui. It will take you through a
simple couple of menus and hook you right up. To stop it, open another tab
in your terminal and type stopct.

I'm assuming all went well with the install. I had to open up the scripts
inside the install package and change /bin/sh to /bin/bash as per this url:

http://lumpy.alternoc.net/2007/10/bi...ntail-connect/



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On 2008-09-22, Frankenstein wrote:
> I use this successfully on Ubuntu after lots of trial and error. However,
> don't use the gui version that needs java. Use the command line version.
> Type startct in a terminal instead of startctui. It will take you through a
> simple couple of menus and hook you right up. To stop it, open another tab
> in your terminal and type stopct.
>
> I'm assuming all went well with the install. I had to open up the scripts
> inside the install package and change /bin/sh to /bin/bash as per this url:
>
> http://lumpy.alternoc.net/2007/10/bi...ntail-connect/
>
>
>

Install went well. I'll give the cli version a try. I'm using the RDP
client that came with KDE, what are you using?

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On 22-Sep-2008, John wrote:

> Install went well. I'll give the cli version a try. I'm using the RDP
> client that came with KDE, what are you using?

I use it to connect to the server of one of my clients. Once the VPN
connects, I just use the gnome terminal to ssh into their server, gedit to
edit text files on it, and sometimes nautilus to transfer files to it.

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On 2008-09-22, Frankenstein wrote:
> On 22-Sep-2008, John wrote:
>
>> Install went well. I'll give the cli version a try. I'm using the RDP
>> client that came with KDE, what are you using?
>
> I use it to connect to the server of one of my clients. Once the VPN
> connects, I just use the gnome terminal to ssh into their server, gedit to
> edit text files on it, and sometimes nautilus to transfer files to it.
>
That would probably work if all I needed to do was ssh to servers, but
most of what I need is actually on my desktop so I need to be able
to RDP to my desktop and work from there. I've got it working
on MacOS and Windows Vista so Linux should be as easy as MacOS but
a hell of alot easier than Vista.

Oh well, since both Linux and Win are in the same room and but a
coaster ride chair away it's no big deal.


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On 22-Sep-2008, John wrote:


> That would probably work if all I needed to do was ssh to servers, but
> most of what I need is actually on my desktop so I need to be able
> to RDP to my desktop and work from there.

Well, I thought the VPN was the issue, not the RDP. It seems to me if you
could connect to the VPN, then the RDP should work. But I guess I don't know
enough about what you're doing, to say. You might think about PCAnywhere12,
if you felt like spending 100 bucks or so. The installation CD includes a
Linux version. If I remember correctly, you might have to disable Compiz to
get it to install.


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Frankenstein wrote:
> On 22-Sep-2008, John wrote:
>
>
>> That would probably work if all I needed to do was ssh to servers, but
>> most of what I need is actually on my desktop so I need to be able
>> to RDP to my desktop and work from there.
>
> Well, I thought the VPN was the issue, not the RDP. It seems to me if you
> could connect to the VPN, then the RDP should work. But I guess I don't know
> enough about what you're doing, to say. You might think about PCAnywhere12,
> if you felt like spending 100 bucks or so. The installation CD includes a
> Linux version. If I remember correctly, you might have to disable Compiz to
> get it to install.
>
>

The question is/was about the VPN client... I was trying to use the gui
version of the client and it was failing with the errors in my original
message. I haven't made any real effort yet to get the non-GUI version
working yet. Once I get the VPN client working either via the GUI or
non-GUI version, I'll tackle the RDP. I'll try to ping or ssh to one of
our servers to verify that that VPN connection is working, but I'll
still need to get access via RDP to my desktop and a couple of other
Windows 2K3 servers on the network.



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On 2008-09-22, AZ Nomad wrote:
>
> What does their documentation say about what verison of java required?
> What do you get if you point your browser at a java test applet
> such as http://javatester.org/version.html
> or http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp
Java 6. Installed it myself downloaded from sun. I custom install
all that stuff so that it's where I want it to be (/usr/local/java)
and I have a filesystem mounted to /usr/local/java which I
backup using Simple Backup (full once a week, incremental otherwise).
My JAVA_HOME points to /usr/local/java/jdk and my PATH
knows about JAVA_HOME/bin.



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