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You can use the Password Assistant to help you compose a new shared secret.
Temporarily switch to the Users pane, click Account, click Reset Password, click the
Key button to the right of the New Password field, and then click Cancel and go back
to the VPN pane. The Password Assistant remains open, and you can use it to generate
a new shared secret that you copy from the Suggestion field and paste into the Shared
Secret field.
After you change the secret here, all VPN users must make the same change in their
VPN configurations. For information about making this change, see “Setting Up a User’s
VPN Connection Manually” on page 89.
Creating a VPN Configuration File
You can use Server Preferences to generate a file that Mac users can open to create a
VPN configuration automatically. After creating the VPN configuration, a user can make
a VPN connection to the server and its network via the Internet. The configuration file
works with Mac OS X v10.3 or later.
To generate a VPN configuration file:
1 In the VPN pane of Server Preferences, click Save As, select a location for the VPN
configuration file, and click Save.
2 Distribute the saved configuration file to users who need to set up a VPN configuration
on their Macs.