Access Information: Who Can Use VPN Client


Root Access

Super user can directly access VPN.


Non-Root Access


users Group Users

All users belonging to the primary group users created by root can use VPN client. By default, all users belong to this group.


Non-users group Users

If users is not the primary group of those users who require VPN access, non-root access can be allowed by doing the following:

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Open the racoon.conf file (/etc/racoon/racoon.conf).

  3. Replace users with the name of the group that requires VPN access.


    Editing racoon.conf

  4. Restart IKE by entering the following:

    /etc/init.d/racoon restart

The root cannot allow multiple groups to use VPN client. So, if a new group is permitted by modifying the racoon.conf, only users belonging to that group can access VPN.