Configuration du tunnel pour Linux
Linux Distributions
RedHat (Enterprise 4 or higher), RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5, Fedora 7 & 8,
CentOS 5,2, Debian 4 r1, Ubuntu 6.06, 7, and 8.04, and SUSE Enterprise 10
Installing the tunnel mode client
1 Extract the forticlientsslvpn_linux_<version>.tar.gz package file to a folder
and run the client program forticlientsslvpn.
When you run the install program for the first time, you will have to set up system
parameters (root privileges) before you run the program or before other users without
administrator privileges can use the application.
2 In the First Run dialog, select OK.
The command line terminal window opens.
3 If you are asked for your password, enter it.
The License Agreement dialog appears in the command line terminal window.
4 Read the License Agreement and enter Yes to accept it.
The FortiClient SSL VPN tunnel client (Linux) opens. You can begin using the
application immediately or close it.
After this initial setup is complete, a user with a normal (non-administrator) account can
establish an SSL VPN tunnel session.
Using the tunnel mode client
To use the SSL VPN standalone tunnel client (Linux)
1 Go to the folder where you installed the Linux tunnel client application and double-click
on ‘forticlientsslvpn’.
The FortiClient SSL VPN tunnel client opens.
2 Enter the following information. Use the Connect and Stop buttons to control the tunnel
connection.
Connection If you have pre-configured the connection settings, select the connection
from the list and then select Connect. Otherwise, enter the settings in the
fields below.
Server sslvpn.univ-montp3.fr
In the smaller field, enter the SSL VPN port number 443 (default 10443).
User Enter your user name.
Password Enter the password associated with your user account.
Certificate <laisser vide>
Password <laisser vide>
Settings... Select to open the Settings dialog.
Connect Start tunnel mode operation.
Stop Stop tunnel mode operation.
To configure tunnel client settings (Linux)
1 Go to the folder where you installed the Linux tunnel client application and double-click
forticlientsslvpn.
2 Select Settings....
3 Optionally, select Keep connection alive until manually stopped to prevent tunnel
connections from closing due to inactivity.
4 Optionally, select Start connection automatically. The next time the tunnel mode
application starts, it will start the last selected connection.
5 If you use a proxy, enter in Proxy the proxy server IP address and port. Enter proxy
authentication credentials immediately below in User and Password.
6 Select the + button to define a new connection, or select from the list an existing
connection to modify.
For a new connection, the Connection window opens. For an existing connection, the
current settings appear in the Settings window and you can modify them.
7 Enter the connection information. If you are creating a new connection, select Create
when you are finished.
8 Select Done.