Description of problem: The config file /etc/ipsec.conf has an include directive: include /etc/ipsec.d/*.conf however the default install doesn't include .conf files under /etc/ipsec.d. This causes error messages to be printed when starting/stopping/etc the service. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): openswan-2.6.12-2.el5 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. service ipsec status Actual results: # service ipsec status could not open include filename: '/etc/ipsec.d/*.conf' (tried and ) IPsec stopped Expected results: # service ipsec status IPsec stopped Additional info: This looks harmless but can we make it silent? A possible but not very clean solution is to include a default.conf file which has only comments/is empty.
Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: The ipsec.conf file included any .conf files placed in /etc/ipsec.d but Openswan's default installation did not place any files in this directory. Therefore, error messages similar to "could not open include filename: '/etc/ipsec.d/*.conf'" would appear when starting or stopping the IPsec service. Although the service operated correctly, the appearance of these error messages could mislead a user to think that there was a problem with IPsec. The ipsec.conf file now comments out the include of /etc/ipsec.d and contains a note suggesting that users uncomment the line and use /etc/ipsec.d for their customized configuration files.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1350.html