ipsec verify command returns the syntax error "addconn: error reading hosts: syntax error: Invalid argument".

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Issue

  • ipsec verify command returns the below syntax error.

    # ipsec verify
Verifying installed system and configuration files

...

Pluto ipsec.conf syntax                             [PARSE ERROR]
addconn: error reading hosts: syntax error: Invalid argument

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • libreswan

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