Cisco VPN client does not work on FC4

[Dan]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
>> yukku yukkoooooo wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>     I installed the Cisco VPN client version 4.7.00.0640 and the 
>>> vpnclient install goes through but the vpnclient program comes out 
>>> with the error
>>>  
>>> vpnclient: error while loading shared libraries: 
>>> /opt/cisco-vpnclient/lib/libvpnapi.so: cannot restore segment prot 
>>> after reloc: Permission denied
>>>
>>> I have tested an older version of vpn on RH7.0 successfully.
>>> And after upgrade to FC4 its not working anymore.
>>> I got a link to this site
>>> http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/network/vpn/vpnclient_linux.htm
>>> which seems to suggest that these two can work together with a 
>>> reboot after the install, but it did not work for me.
>>> Any help on this is appreciated.
>>
>> Try:
>>
>> # chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /opt/cisco-vpnclient/lib/libvpnapi.so
>>
>> Repeat for any similar error you get for different libraries.
>>
>> This is an SELinux issue.
>
> Whoops, sorry, the diagnosis appears to be wrong. You'd get the error 
> shown above with SELinux on FC5, but not on FC4, which does not have 
> SELinux memory protection.
>
>> You might also consider trying vpnc from Extras.
>
> That's still worth a try though.
>
> Paul.
>
NetworkManager-vpnc works excellently for me, with a Cisco Xauth VPN.
-Dan