
Unable to connect to Sonicwall Netextender VPN. Error Message:Īpp Screen: Netextender disconnected unexpectedly.

After this you should be able to access your VPN. After a while you will see the message 'Connecting tunnel.'. NetExtender will start and ask you for the hostname (and port), userid, and finally password.
#NETEXTENDER FOR MAC OS X MAC OS X#
Possible causes: Network disruption, Idle timeout or ended by admin. If sudoers is configured correctly Mac OS X will ask for your password. Log: Please delete and reinstall Netextender, or run chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd as administrator. Edsels-MacBook-Pro:~ edsellandicho$ chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppdĬhmod: Unable to change file mode on /usr/sbin/pppd: Operation not permitted You can find the logs icon in the lower left corner.īased on this error message, it should be practically easy to solve, right? You just go to your Terminal and run the command suggested. Edsels-MacBook-Pro:~ edsellandicho$ sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd I even tried to sudo, and it's still failed. Here's what I learned.Mac OS Sierra is actually blocking it due to security purposes (System Integrity Protection). In this case, we will try to disable it for the meantime.ġ. Reboot your MacBook and hold the Command+R key to reboot in Recovery Mode.Ģ. Choose your language preferred then Continue.ģ. Select Utilities->Terminal from the menu above.Ĥ. Disable the System Integrity Protection by using the csrutil command. Click the VPN Type pop-up menu, then choose what kind of VPN connection you want to set up, depending on the.


Click the Add button in the list at the left, click the Interface pop-up menu, then choose VPN. Edsels-MacBook-Pro:~ edsellandicho$ csrutil disableĥ. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Network. This time, do not hold any keys so it will reboot normally.Ħ. R-sr-xr-x 1 root wheel 350208 Jul 15 00:28 /usr/sbin/pppdīEFORE: Edsels-MacBook-Pro:~ edsellandicho$ ls -lrt /usr/sbin/pppd You will notice that the pppd user permission was changed from X to S Edsels-MacBook-Pro:~ edsellandicho$ ls -lrt /usr/sbin/pppd Edsels-MacBook-Pro:~ edsellandicho$ sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppdd Open the Terminal window and run the same command above to change the permission of pppd Edsels-MacBook-Pro:~ edsellandicho$ chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppdīut, if ever you encounter "Operation not permitted", try to sudo the command. Go to Applications using Finder then drag the Netextender to Trash (usually, it's located on your lower left corner of your screen).
