[Openswan Users] ipsec__pluto could not start connection

[Bram Bouwens]

takeuchiyui at nttdata.co.jp wrote:
> I would like to connect two machines with IPsec.
> 
> However, ipsec__pluto could not start connection.
> 
> Are there anything wrong with the description of ipsec.conf?
> 
...
> Apr 28 19:35:19 IBM ipsec__plutorun: 104 "sample" #1: STATE_MAIN_I1:
> initiate 
> Apr 28 19:35:19 IBM ipsec__plutorun: ...could not start conn "sample" 


I've reported such a situation years ago already, it never went
away, but in the mean time, the connection was working fine.
I'm still curious about how to interpret the message then,
as it does suggest that the connection would not work....

Bram