<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>hi all,<br><br></div>i have followed this guide - <br><br><a href="http://blog.earth-works.com/2013/02/22/how-to-set-up-openswan-l2tp-vpn-server-on-centos-6/">http://blog.earth-works.com/2013/02/22/how-to-set-up-openswan-l2tp-vpn-server-on-centos-6/</a><br><br></div>and i am stuck on starting the ipsec service, i get the below error - <br><br>[root@vpn ~]# service ipsec start<br>Starting pluto IKE daemon for IPsec: cannot load config '/etc/ipsec.conf': /etc/ipsec.conf:12: syntax error, unexpected STRING, expecting $end [<strong>virtual_private]<br>cannot load config '/etc/ipsec.conf': /etc/ipsec.conf:12: syntax error, unexpected STRING, expecting $end [<strong>virtual_private]<br>unknown stack<br>cannot load config '/etc/ipsec.conf': /etc/ipsec.conf:12: syntax error, unexpected STRING, expecting $end [<strong>virtual_private]<br>.....                                                      [FAILED]<br>[root@vpn ~]#<br><br></div>can anyone please help me<br><br></div>many thanks,<br><br></div>rob<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Regards, <br><br>Robert K Wild.<br></div></div>
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