2.2 Installing Novell BorderManager 3.9 VPN Client on Linux

This section contains the following information on installing the Novell BorderManager 3.9 VPN client on Linux:

2.2.1 Before you Begin

Before you begin with the actual installation, uninstall the following RPMs in they are already installed in the system. Uninstall them in the following order:

  1. NetworkManager-novellvpn

  2. nortel-plugins

  3. turnpike

  4. novell-ipsec-tools-devel

  5. novell-ipsec-tools

2.2.2 Installing the Client

To install the Novell BorderManager 3.9 VPN client on your Linux workstation:

  1. At the root of the Novell BorderManager 3.9 CD, go to Border Manager Folder/CL_INST/VPN/Linux, and copy tar.gz to the local drive where you want to install the VPN client.

  2. Log in as root.

    IMPORTANT:The VPN client can be installed only with root privileges.

  3. Install NICI 2.6.4 or later and NMAS 3.2.0 or later.

    IMPORTANT:If these are not installed, you cannot continue with the installation.

  4. Untar the tar.gz.

  5. Install using the NVPN-INST script.

  6. Restart racoon with the following command: /etc/init.d/racoon restart

  7. Create the profiles using Network Manager VPN connections and connect to Novell BorderManager.