Whenever the ipsec interface is started in RHEL 5, the contents of the /etc/racoon/psk.txt is deleted.

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Issue

  • Whenever the ipsec interface is started in RHEL 5, the contents of the /etc/racoon/psk.txt is deleted.
  • Each time only the preshared key is being deleted from the file , so that only the IP of the remote-host is left.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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