Bug 118683 – ipsec fails to start

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Bug 118683 - ipsec fails to start

Summary:	ipsec fails to start

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 113090

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	ipsec-tools (Show other bugs)
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Version:	3.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity high
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Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
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Reported:	2004-03-18 16:14 EST by Glenn Powers
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:43 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2006-02-21 14:02:04 EST
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Description Glenn Powers 2004-03-18 16:14:01 EST

Description of problem:

ipsec fails to start.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Follow instructions at
file:///usr/share/doc/rhel-sg-en-3/s1-ipsec-host2host.html
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3: Security Guide
Chapter 6. Virtual Private Networks
6.11. IPsec Host-to-Host Configuration

2. /sbin/ifup ipsec0

3. Get Error:
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Try `grep --help' for more information.
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Try `grep --help' for more information.
Missing config file ifcfg-ifcfg-ipsec0.

  
Actual results:

Error Message.

Expected results:

IPSec Works.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2004-03-18 18:24:13 EST

Can you attach your config files?

Comment 2 Glenn Powers 2004-03-19 08:21:02 EST

[root@rhel glenn]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ipsec0
DST=XXX.XXX.239.7
TYPE=IPsec
ONBOOT=no
IKE_METHOD=PSK
[root@rhel glenn]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/keys-ipsec0
IKE_PSK=XXXXXXXXXXXXX
[root@rhel glenn]#

(X's not in actual files)

Comment 3 Marc Fielding 2004-07-13 05:57:57 EDT

Hi Glenn,

I just ran into this problem myself and did some digging through the 
scripts.  This appears to be a capitalization error in the manual.  
While the manual's example says

TYPE=IPsec

However, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipsec says

# ifup-ipsec
#
# Brings up ipsec interfaces
#
# Configuration parameters
#
#     SRC = source address. Not required.
#     DST = destination address
#     TYPE = IPSEC

By changing the line TYPE=IPsec to TYPE=IPSEC, ifup recognizes the 
interface as a real IPsec interface and passes it on to the proper 
setup script (which if ifup-ipsec in this case).

Marc

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2005-02-04 17:12:33 EST

Apologies for the lack of response - does making the suggested change
work for you?

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2005-03-11 18:02:35 EST


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 113090 ***

Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 14:02:04 EST

Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.

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