Check out this: http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/, a more simple alternative to vphclient, see if you can get this working first.
yum install vpnc
Half way there. Next create a conf file at /etc/vpnc/my.conf (note, replace variables [var] with your values):
IPSec gateway [vpn_hostname]
IPSec ID [group_name]
IPSec secret [group_secret]
# your username goes here:
Xauth username [username]
# if you want to test rekeying specify nonzero seconds here:
#Rekeying interval 0
If your company supplied you with a Windows install disk, you may need to install it on a Windows box to get the “.pcf” file that contains the vpn_hostname, group_name and group_secret.
If your group_secret is encrypted in your “.pcf” file, decrypt it for use in your my.conf file: http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/bin/cisco-decode
Run it as root:
/usr/sbin/vpnc my.conf
…it will prompt you for your password, supply it.
And the output should look something like this:
Enter password for [username]@[vpn_hostname]:
Connect Banner:
| You are now connected with thirty minute idle timeout, and twenty-four hour absolute timeout. All actions are explicitly monitored and logged.
