[vpn-help] failed to attach to key daemon

[Matthew Grooms]

On 2/9/2010 1:28 AM, Andreas Hoppe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to connect with shrew soft to a AVM Fritz!Box 7270. I use the
> SuSE 11.0 linux. The connection settings a proofed with the
> Fritz!-software on a Windows XP machine. I made the settings as
> discribed on the AVM-homepage:
> http://www.avm.de/de/Service/Service-Portale/Service-Portal/VPN_Interoperabilitaet/15729.php?portal=VPN
>
> When I try to connect, I get the following error message: failed to
> attach to key daemon.
>
> I tried it as "normal" user and as root.
>
> I searched in google for the error messages but I did not find any
> matching sites. What means the kex daemon?
>

When the gui reports that it can't connect to the key daemon, that means 
the ike daemon isn't running. Did you start iked? If you installed from 
a package on Linux, there should be an /etc/init.d/iked service that can 
be used to control the service.

-Matthew