After long searches I found a version of Fortinet SSL VPN Client for Linux that works well on my Ubuntu 12.04. The previous versions I found was causing the VPN connection to terminate in less than 30 seconds. This version (4.0.2254) is released in 2012 so it is pretty recent.
Download it from here (version 4.0.2254):
ftp://ftp.2rosenthals.com/pub/FortiNet/forticlientsslvpn_linux_4.0.2254.tar.gz (1.54 MB)
To install, extract the tar.gz file and execute ‘forticlientsslvpn’.
2022 Update
Haven’t tested this one myself but here’s FortiClient SSLVPN 4.4.2333:
ftp://ftp.2rosenthals.com/pub/FortiNet/forticlientsslvpn_linux_4.4.2333.tar.gz
How do I download from an FTP server?
Latest versions of Chrome (88+) and Firefox (90+) no longer support FTP so you can use WGET or CURL to download instead. e.g.:
wget ftp://ftp.2rosenthals.com/pub/FortiNet/forticlientsslvpn_linux_4.4.2333.tar.gz
Thanks, its work
Bunu nasıl kuracağız Ömer Bey?
tar.gz yi extract ettikten sonra icindeki forticlientsslvpn dosyasini calistirmaniz yeterli
Bu dosyayı nasıl çalıştıracağımı bilmiyorum Ömer Bey. 🙂
Tamamdır Ömer Bey. Çalıştırdım. sudo ./forticlientsslvpn
I run into problems using Fortinet VPN Client on a recent Ubuntu machine. Fortinet rewrites /etc/resolv.conf which should be symlink pointing to /var/run/resolvconf/resolv.conf. This causes all subsequent changes of DNS settings by the Ubuntu/Gnome Network Manager not being reflected.
The solution is to modify Fortinetclient helper/cleanup.linux.sh to recover /var/run/resolvconf/resolv.conf and recover also the symlink to /var/run/resolvconf/resolv.conf.
When Fortinet Client in terminated in a non standard way, the VPN nameservers stay in /etc/resolv.conf and delay all DNS lookups by ~5s.
Fortinet VPN Client is simply very badly written piece of software.
Hi Matěj,
I have the same problem, but I don’t understand 100% your solution to recover the proper configurations.
Can you help me? Explain me a little bit slower 😀
Thanks!
Pablo Garcia, try
sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf
(from here)
It worked for me.
My suggestion will restore the symlink. It won’t fix Fortinet VPN Client scripts.
Good luck.
Just FYI, thanks for the heads up.
I was experiencing extreme wait times with Fortinet VPN connections.
It got to the point where I abandoned using DNS lookups and resorted to using the IP address of the Fortinet devices.
I believe using
sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconffrom the terminal restored my functionality.
I also tried
sudo /etc/init.d/dns-cleanNot sure which one fixed me, but she's working with DNS lookups again.
Resolved a VPN issue for me which I have been struggling for months !
Thanks man 🙂
how to install on ubuntu 12.10 ?
Hi
Can you please send me the FortiClientSslVpn file. I cant access it from the link you mentioned.
Thank Guy! You salved my day…
Thank you !
Thanks!
when im trying to open it its says ” set up failed ” i tried to open it as a root same problem please help me
Thanks a lot !!
Hi! I have Forticlient VPN on Windows where i can import the connection config file. Can I to this on Linux version as well? If so, how?
Thanx in advance ..
how to setup
To install, extract the tar.gz file and execute ‘forticlientsslvpn’.
the download link does not work.
404 Not Found
The requested URL /downloads/fortinet/forticlientsslvpn_linux_4.0.2254.tar.gz was not found on this server.
Dariush
Hi Dariush, thanks for your comment. I have just updated the link.
Thank you very much! You helped my alot!
I have the fortinet client, but I am running the 64bit version of Ubuntu. Apparently this is a 32 bit client and is looking for the 32bit version of libSM.so.6. Is there a 64bit version?
Excelent post, very helpfull for those who are using the new ubuntu 14.04 LTS
i used to connect fine to the vpn on forticlient, now i tried today in another wifi and it tells me that it can not connect to the proxy. i run ubuntu 14.04, and i asked to my friend here and tell’s me that there are no restrictions on the internet. Can anyone please help me?
Thanks for the post!
There is any recent version? Nothing on their webside for now 🙁
Forticlienvpn didn’t works anymore on Linux Mint 17 (based on Ubuntu 14.04).
It worked well on Mint 14/15/16.
Problem with both 4.0.2254 and 4.0.2281 is connection is created but no traffic and I didn’t see new network interface where traffic will be routed.
Solution was to start client with sudo :
sudo ./forticlientsslvpn
Then ppp0 interface is created
same here … sudo was necessary
Hi, to solve this issue on ubuntu 64 bits:
./forticlientsslvpn: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
do that:
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 lib32nss-mdns libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386
Thanks! works on Ubuntu 14.04
Thanks, but it don’t work for me . I have this message :
./forticlientsslvpn: error while loading shared libraries: libSM.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Sory, I forget to tell yoou :
I am using UBUNTU 14.04 64 bits
I find a solution !
sudo apt-get install libsm6:i386 lib32stdc++6
🙂
Hi,
it work’s I am using Ubuntu 14.10 with some help from this site also for installing ia32
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23182765/how-to-install-ia32-libs-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts
Thank you.
I ran into the console
sudo ./forticlientsslvpn
but only throws me an error message “Set Up Failed! ”
.. I ‘m using linux mint 16 … that problems could be ? ..
Thanks in advance.
无法在模块路径中找到主题引擎：“murrine”，
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module “canberra-gtk-module”
I could solve the problem that says “Set up failed” running the script ‘/opt/forticlient-sslvpn/64bit/helper/setup.linux.sh’ as root.
After that, just open the VPN program again!
Hi tried to installed but giving error PKCs#file 12
Here is opensource implementation of FortiClient SSl VPN:
https://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn