Fedora 5 with Cisco VPN Client

I have a system with Fedora 5 where I have successfully installed the
cisco vpn client from cisco. It connects with no issues except it
does not return to the command line. How do I get the cisco vpn to
execute and return to the command line prompt. I have tried the normal
& sign after the vpn command which I am use to using after most of my
command lines. Any suggestions will be helpful.

thank you for your advice and wisdom.
DG

gibboda wrote:
> I have a system with Fedora 5 where I have successfully installed the
> cisco vpn client from cisco. It connects with no issues except it
> does not return to the command line. How do I get the cisco vpn to
> execute and return to the command line prompt. I have tried the normal
> & sign after the vpn command which I am use to using after most of my
> command lines. Any suggestions will be helpful.
>
> thank you for your advice and wisdom.
> DG

Why not just launch another session of xterm (or whatever you're
using)? Or if you're not running xwindows do alt+F2 for another window.

Nietzsche wrote:
> gibboda wrote:
> > I have a system with Fedora 5 where I have successfully installed the
> > cisco vpn client from cisco. It connects with no issues except it
> > does not return to the command line. How do I get the cisco vpn to
> > execute and return to the command line prompt. I have tried the normal
> > & sign after the vpn command which I am use to using after most of my
> > command lines. Any suggestions will be helpful.
> >
> > thank you for your advice and wisdom.
> > DG
>
> Why not just launch another session of xterm (or whatever you're
> using)? Or if you're not running xwindows do alt+F2 for another window.

The goal is to run automated tasks. Therefore there will be no human
interaction to allow alt-F2 or launching another session. Manually it
would work but it does not work in full automation. Thank you for your
suggestion.
DG

On 2006-08-14, gibboda wrote:
> How do I get the cisco vpn to execute and return to the command line
> prompt. I have tried the normal & sign after the vpn command which I
> am use to using after most of my command lines.

That should give you back the command line, but I'm guessing you mean
that the output of the vpn client interferes with your typing. Try this:

vpncommand > vpn.log 2>&1 &

(Of course replace "vpncommand" with the appropriate command name. I
don't know anything about the cisco vpn system)

This will send all output from the command to vpn.log so you can review
it later in case of failure.

But why not write an init script and have the client started
automatically on boot?

--
|\_/| ,(Meow) Jesper H. <xyborx+(E-Mail Removed)>
(^.^)
`^' Sanity is an illusion

Jesper H. wrote:
> On 2006-08-14, gibboda wrote:
> > How do I get the cisco vpn to execute and return to the command line
> > prompt. I have tried the normal & sign after the vpn command which I
> > am use to using after most of my command lines.
>
> That should give you back the command line, but I'm guessing you mean
> that the output of the vpn client interferes with your typing. Try this:
>
> vpncommand > vpn.log 2>&1 &
>
> (Of course replace "vpncommand" with the appropriate command name. I
> don't know anything about the cisco vpn system)
>
> This will send all output from the command to vpn.log so you can review
> it later in case of failure.
>
> But why not write an init script and have the client started
> automatically on boot?
>
> --
> |\_/| ,(Meow) Jesper H. <xyborx+(E-Mail Removed)>
> (^.^)
> `^' Sanity is an illusion


Thank you. The command listed above will work. The project I am
working on requires me to only connect when needed to a remote server
to run several queries. So I needed a way to execute the vpn only when
needed with out locking up the screen to one process when I have
multiple processes that need to run. Again thank you for your advice
and wisdom.
DG