On 04/04/2012 08:57 PM, Kevin VPN wrote:
> --- mgrooms at shrew.net wrote:
>
> From: Matthew Grooms <mgrooms at shrew.net>
> To: "vpn-help at lists.shrew.net" <vpn-help at lists.shrew.net>
> Subject: Mac OSX VPN Client Testing ...
> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:10:49 -0600
>
> All,
>
> At the request of a few users, I have put together a new build of the
> OS X port of the VPN client based on the head ( 2.2.x ) sources. This
> build needs more testing, but it appears to be more or less stable
> in my lab environment. There are two pre-requisites before running
> the native install package ...
>
> 1) Install the LGPL Qt Framework for Mac OSX ...
> http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-mac-opensource-4.7.1.dmg
>
> 2) Install the current release of the TUN/TAP driver for Mac OSX ...
> http://tuntaposx.sourceforge.net/download.xhtml
>
> You can then proceed to install the Shrew Soft VPN client ...
> http://www.shrew.net/download/vpn/vpn-client-install.dmg
>
> The VPN Access manager should be visible in the Application folder.
> Please report back any issues you may encounter while testing.
>
>
Hi list,
In addition to Matthew's comments above, there is also a known bug that
DNS settings don't work correctly. Someone posted a patch, but it has
not been integrated into the code yet
(http://lists.shrew.net/pipermail/vpn-help/2011-November/004105.html).
Anyway, my problems. These occurred on a box running OS X 10.5.8 Leopard.
1. Install clobbers the /etc symlink.
2. Shrew does not seem to run, it crashes immediately.
Descriptions:
1. Install clobbers the /etc symlink.
On OS X 10.5 (and I think 10.6), /etc is really a symlink to
/private/etc. However the Shrew build installer does not seem to follow
the symlink and instead creates a /etc directory (destroying the
symlink) and puts iked.conf and iked.conf.sample into the folder. The
result of this is that OS X starts to throw errors like mad because
applications can no longer find their conf files in /etc. The machine
will also not boot and it will not provide useful information.
To fix this, boot off the Install DVD, open a terminal, navigate to the
HD, blow away etc and create a symlink for private/etc:
cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD
cd etc
rm iked.*
cd ..
rm etc
ln -s private/etc etc
You can then boot from the HD normally.
If you also have the Developer Tools CLI installed, you can re-establish
the extended attributes on etc (which hide it in Finder).
SetFile -P -a V etc
Then reboot so Finder picks up the new invisible attribute.
2. Shrew does not seem to run on 10.5.8, it crashes immediately.
Even with QT and tun/tap installed, Shrew crashes as soon as it is
launched. There's no error message that I can see.
Has anyone had success getting the build of Shrew to run on OS X 10.5.x?
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