> On 11 Nov 2025, at 09:50, ael via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 09:27:43AM +1100, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> My university offers a vpn service using the Cisco Secure Client
>>>> https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/anyconnect-secure-mobility-client/series.html
>>>>
>>>> I installed it recently and could not get it to work on devuan
>>>> testing. The installation script silently failed.
>>>>
>>>> I have only just dicovered an installation log file:
>>>>
>>>> # tail
>>>> cisco-secure-client-linux64-5.1.12.146-core-vpn-webdeploy-k9-16442805112025.log
>>>> Installing /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/vpndownloader-cli Installing
>>>> /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/libacdownloader.so Installing
>>>> /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/acinstallhelper Installing
>>>> /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/OpenSource.html Installing
>>>> /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/AnyConnectProfile.xsd Installing
>>>> /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/AnyConnectLocalPolicy.xsd Error: systemd
>>>> required. <================= rm -rf /tmp/vpn.b3C17n
>>>> Done!
>>>> Exiting now.
>>>
>>> Hi ael,
>>>
>>> Can you try using OpenConnect? It's the open-source alternative to
>>> AnyConnect. If the current packages are too old, you could also try
>>> using those automatically built with the Open Build Service.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Marin
>>
>> I can agree with this suggestion. Previously used openconnect for many years to connect to a Cisco anyconnect vpn.
>>
>
> This used to be the recommended way to connect to the university vpn and
> worked fine. Then it was withdrawn. No idea why.
>
> ael
Did it stop working? Is there a restriction on still using it?
Tom
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