Restarting the ipsec service displays error messages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
Issue
When restarting the ipsec service, the following errors are displayed:
# service ipsec restart
ipsec_setup: Stopping Openswan IPsec...
ipsec_setup: ERROR: Module xfrm6_mode_tunnel is in use
ipsec_setup: ERROR: Module xfrm4_mode_tunnel is in use
ipsec_setup: ERROR: Module esp4 is in use
ipsec_setup: Starting Openswan IPsec U2.6.32/K2.6.32-358.6.2.el6.x86_64...
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4 and later
- openswan-2.6.32-27.el6
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