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VPN not starting, looping in console

Had reports of VPN no longer working on a 10.6 server. Console looks like what I'm posting below, looping endlessly. Server is fully updated and is otherwise functioning well.


I'm fine trashing the VPN prefs and reconfiguring, if that's the easiest fix, but not sure where to find the files in question.


Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks!


Apr 17 21:54:06 server com.apple.ppp.l2tp[2140]: 2012-04-17 21:54:06 EDT Server 'com.apple.ppp.l2tp' starting...

Apr 17 21:54:06 server vpnd[2140]: No valid client IP addresses

Apr 17 21:54:06 server vpnd[2140]: Error while reading PPP preferences

Apr 17 21:54:06 server vpnd[2140]: Error processing prefs file

Apr 17 21:54:06 server com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ppp.l2tp[2140]): Exited with exit code: 2

Apr 17 21:54:06 server com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ppp.l2tp): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

Apr 17 21:54:16 server vpnd[2149]: Server 'com.apple.ppp.l2tp' starting...

Apr 17 21:54:16 server com.apple.ppp.l2tp[2149]: 2012-04-17 21:54:16 EDT Server 'com.apple.ppp.l2tp' starting...

Apr 17 21:54:16 server vpnd[2149]: No valid client IP addresses

Apr 17 21:54:16 server vpnd[2149]: Error while reading PPP preferences

Apr 17 21:54:16 server vpnd[2149]: Error processing prefs file

Apr 17 21:54:16 server com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ppp.l2tp[2149]): Exited with exit code: 2

Apr 17 21:54:16 server com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ppp.l2tp): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

Apr 17 21:54:26 server vpnd[2150]: Server 'com.apple.ppp.l2tp' starting...

Apr 17 21:54:26 server com.apple.ppp.l2tp[2150]: 2012-04-17 21:54:26 EDT Server 'com.apple.ppp.l2tp' starting...

Apr 17 21:54:26 server vpnd[2150]: No valid client IP addresses

Apr 17 21:54:26 server vpnd[2150]: Error while reading PPP preferences

Apr 17 21:54:26 server vpnd[2150]: Error processing prefs file

Apr 17 21:54:26 server com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ppp.l2tp[2150]): Exited with exit code: 2

Apr 17 21:54:26 server com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ppp.l2tp): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

Apr 17 21:54:36 server vpnd[2152]: Server 'com.apple.ppp.l2tp' starting...

Posted on Apr 17, 2012 7:05 PM

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VPN not starting, looping in console

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