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<div id="smartTemplate4-template">I ran into this same problem when I first setup strongSwan. The ipsec.secrets file is in the format like so:<br>
RemoteID : PSK PSK_VALUE<br>
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192.168.168.161 : PSK password</pre>
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No need for quotes, and since your ID of the remote peer is the same as the IP, then the above should work.<br>
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<b>Izz Abdullah</b><br>
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<b>From:</b> Noel Kuntze <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:noel@familie-kuntze.de">
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:48<br>
<b>To:</b> ilyas Guennoun <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:elsa.watson-fzy8fw2@yopmail.com">
<elsa.watson-fzy8fw2@yopmail.com></a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:users@lists.strongswan.org">
users@lists.strongswan.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:users@lists.strongswan.org">
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [strongSwan] recurring problem of PSK, but cannot spot the error<br>
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<pre wrap="">$ more /etc/ipsec.secrets
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>192.168.168.152 192.168.168.161 : PSK "password"</pre>
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