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10.6: Save Cisco IPSec password in the Keychain
I can't find a IPSec XAuth Password entry in my keychain for my Cisco VPN in Snow Leopard. I only find the IPSec Shared Secret in my keychain.
10.6: Save Cisco IPSec password in the Keychain
I believe this is defined by policy on the VPN server, and is a deliberate restriction put in by your network administrator. I have the same problem.
One way around this is to install vpnc as an alternative (see this hint, but I haven't tested if this works with Snow Leopard yet.
10.6: Save Cisco IPSec password in the Keychain
I've been using Shimo for some time now as an alternative front end to the awful Cisco VPN GUI and it always remembers my password. Maybe I'll just keep using it now that it has been updated for Snow Leopard. I was kind of hoping to avoid installing any 3rd party VPN software and stick with Apple's built in VPN support though. I've noticed that the Leopard Cisco VPN implementation keeps asking me for my password every few hours which is a bit of a pain. Anyways, thanks for the reply.
10.6: Save Cisco IPSec password in the Keychain
This isn't Apple's fault. The Cisco VPN Concentrator, PIX, or ASA to which you are connecting is probably configured to disable password saving. If the client software is designed to Cisco specs, nothing you do will enable it to save your password if the VPN server prohibits it.
10.6: Save Cisco IPSec password in the Keychain
Just to let you know, Shimo will apparently ignore the server's request to always prompt the user for a password and use the password stored in the keychain. I guess this is technically a "bug" although I'm sure most Shimo users want to keep it that way.
10.6: Save Cisco IPSec password in the Keychain
The hint above doesn't explain very well how to find the IPSec XAuth Password entry.
By default, Keychain Access only shows you your own keychain. If you click the expand button (triangle inside a square) at the bottom left corner of the Keychain Access window, you can show other keychains, including the System keychain. Once you're looking at the System keychain, the item you want has a Name matching your VPN, and its Kind is "IPSec XAuth Password". You can find it by sorting by Kind. An easier alternative (from here) is simply to type "xauth" in the search box at the top right corner of the Keychain Access window. (This works even if you don't have the Keychain list expanded and aren't looking at the System keychain.) Then you can follow the rest of the instructions above to allow configd to access the password. |
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