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Linux Fortinet VPN Client

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Ever since the company I work for changed to a Fortinet VPN I have been looking for a Linux client that will work with Ubuntu. Today I found one:

forticlientsslvpn_linux_4.0.2010.tar.gz

Install and use instructions can be found here.

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  1. maconthebeach13 March 2010 at 07:43

    thanks a lot!!

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  2. sm8ps29 May 2010 at 22:10

    I would like to thank you also for this very useful information!
    St. Mueller, Switzerland

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  3. sm8ps29 May 2010 at 22:10

    I would like to thank you as well for this useful hint!
    St. Mueller, Switzerland

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  4. Sridevi1 July 2010 at 07:53

    How do I configure this for IPSEC VPN? Please suggest

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  5. mgm15 July 2011 at 17:03

    Thanks Lot & Lot. I was searching for this long time.

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  6. Anonymous16 September 2011 at 11:53

    you can find the linux and iOS clients on the support ftp of fortinet in the directories of the latest firmware releases. at least most of those directories have them.....

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  7. abhi16 December 2011 at 05:20

    Thanks a ton.
    Just to confim that the same package is working very well in Mint Linux 12 64 Bit version so it must work on all 64 Bit Linux

    Abhi

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  8. Anonymous6 January 2012 at 15:48

    Dear Paul,
    I'm using Mint Linux 12 64 bit too,
    these are what happen when I try to run forticlient:
    (forticlientsslvpn:1855): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Cannot open pixbuf loader module file '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache': No such file or directory

    (forticlientsslvpn:1855): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Error loading XPM image loader: Image type 'xpm' is not supported

    (forticlientsslvpn:1855): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_drawable_get_size: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed

    (forticlientsslvpn:1855): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_drawable_get_depth: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed

    (forticlientsslvpn:1855): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Cannot open pixbuf loader module file '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache': No such file or directory
    /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
    Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
    /usr/lib/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
    Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libdconfsettings.so
    /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
    Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so

    Have you idea what kind of problem it could be ?
    On forticlient forum they say that is not for 64 bit.
    I'm not a tech guy so I can't help you
    Thanks
    Giovanni

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    1. Anonymous15 January 2013 at 05:08

      install 32-bit libralies.
      in cmd line....
      sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-gtk

      i think, you get well.

      if you get tunnel but traffic is not going through the tunnel,
      plz see this note on Facebook.

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  9. Paul Grenyer6 January 2012 at 15:55

    Giovanni, I'm sorry I cannot help you. I haven't used a Fortinet VPN for over a year and do not have one to even test against.

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  10. QuickFix7 February 2012 at 03:01

    Hi there Paul,

    The link at the top your page is broken, any chance you still have this file?

    Thanks

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  11. Anonymous25 March 2012 at 00:49

    http://it.greenstonehomes.com/vpn

    seek and ye shall find

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  12. Anonymous4 February 2013 at 08:44

    Is there any option for Forticlient IPSec Client installation on Linux OS?

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