Issue

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Issue

• How to install the vpnc plug-in for NetworkManager in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Resolution

1.Install and enable, as documented at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL

2. Install the relevant packages by running yum

$ yum install NetworkManager-vpnc vpnc

3. Check the icon and you can find a sub menu "VPN Connections" is active now and you can configure the VPN site. Click the icon of NetworkManager and choose the VPN site under sub menu "VPN Connections".