Topic: VPN with the e-smith-vpn-0.1-2.noarch.rpm

[Nuno Rafael]

Hi,

First an introduction of myself:
- I'm new with e-smith (and linux...) and i just started a few days ago running a 5.1.2 release (already updated) in server and gateway mode just for the purpose of learning. I'm downloading the 5.5 release over a ISDN connection not very stable...
- I'm portuguese so my english is not perfect (sorry about that ).
- In the last 6 years i was administering Windows NT/2000 Servers along with Exchange and Proxy/ISA Servers. So, i'm basically newbie in linux (starting all over again...)
- My objectives are: a) leaving very soon all proprietary solutions for servers; b) start proposing my clients open source solutions; c) contributing to an open source project in some way.

My tests:
- I have already tested the E-Smith 5.1.2 (base distribution without any contributions or customizations/scripts) as:
a) DC for Windows 9x/NT/2000 (logon only)
b) Mail server (webmail, sending mail to the internet, sending/receiving mail on the intranet)
c) NTP server;
d) LDAP server (creating accounts and groups)
e) Samba server (creating and configuring ibays for file sharing)

My initial goals (for now...):
I want to put an E-Smith 5.x acting as:
a) DC
b) Mail Server
c) NTP Server
d) LDAP Server with group policies applied to windows clients
e) Samba Server with automatic backups to cdrom or other share on the network
f) VPN Server (and Client) supporting PPTP, L2TP and IPSec connections
g) Firewall Server with port and content filtering

My problem:
- I created an ibay called contribs
- After downloading the Andre Couture VPN contribution i issued the command:

/home/e-smith/files/contribs/rpm -ih e-smith-vpn-0.1-2.noarch.rpm

- Restarted the server (just in case...)
- After that i lost the ability to see/login on to the SME Server Manager Panel through browsing/HTTP. The message was "You are not allowed to see..."
- I can login on the SME Server text console either as root or admin but the Web Panel was gone...

Can someone help me/us?

Thank in advanced,
Nuno Rafael

[Damien Curtain]

> My problem:
> - I created an ibay called contribs
> - After downloading the Andre Couture VPN contribution i
> issued the command:
>
> /home/e-smith/files/contribs/rpm -ih
> e-smith-vpn-0.1-2.noarch.rpm
>
> - Restarted the server (just in case...)
> - After that i lost the ability to see/login on to the SME
> Server Manager Panel through browsing/HTTP. The message was
> "You are not allowed to see..."
> - I can login on the SME Server text console either as root
> or admin but the Web Panel was gone...
>
> Can someone help me/us?

rpm -e e-smith-vpn
rpm --setperms rpm -qa 2&>/dev/null

Unfortunately the source code to the above rpm is unavailable so you would have to fix the permission problems manually if you really want to use it.
--
 Damien

[Bill Talcott]

What exactly does e-smith-vpn-0.1-2.noarch.rpm do? I couldn't find much documentation on it... SME supports PPTP in stock form, and most people use the FreeS/WAN contrib for IPsec. Haven't really heard anything about L2TP...