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vpnc launchd and start/stop control scripts
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Disabled</key>
<true/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.macports.vpnc</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/opt/local/sbin/vpnc</string>
<string>--debug</string>
<string>2</string>
<string>--no-detach</string>
<string>/opt/local/etc/vpnc/default.conf</string>
</array>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/opt/local/var/log/vpnc/vpnc.log</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/opt/local/var/log/vpnc/vpnc.log</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<!-- NetworkState key is no longer implemented in OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
<dict>
<key>NetworkState</key>
<true/>
</dict> -->
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
#!/bin/sh
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
SELF=`echo $0 | sed -ne 's|^.*/||p'`
echo "$SELF must be run as root." 1>&2
echo "try: sudo $SELF" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
PLIST=/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.vpnc.plist
CONF=`grep \.conf $PLIST | sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | tr -d " \t"`
GATEWAY=`grep gateway $CONF`
ERROR=$( { /bin/launchctl load -w $PLIST; } 2>&1 )
if [ -z "$ERROR" ]; then
echo "starting vpnc daemon connection to $GATEWAY."
else
echo $ERROR
fi
#!/bin/sh
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
SELF=`echo $0 | sed -ne 's|^.*/||p'`
echo "$SELF must be run as root." 1>&2
echo "try: sudo $SELF" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
PLIST=/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.vpnc.plist
CONF=`grep \.conf $PLIST | sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | tr -d " \t"`
GATEWAY=`grep gateway $CONF`
ERROR=$( { /bin/launchctl unload -w $PLIST; } 2>&1 )
if [ -z "$ERROR" ]; then
echo "stopping vpnc daemon connection to $GATEWAY."
else
echo $ERROR
fi
# logfilename [owner:group] mode count size when flags [/pid_file] [sig_num]
/opt/local/var/vpnc/*.log 644 3 1000 * J
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breiter commented Oct 24, 2014

Alternative. Replace tun.kext and tap.kext built by MacPorts with signed versions.

curl -O http://download.wolfereiter.com/tuntaposx.extensions.tgz
tar xzvf tuntaposx.extensions.tgz -C /opt/local

(These came from Tunnelblick v3.4.1.)

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