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This is a follow-up question of Start configured VPN from command line (OSX).

I tried the answer by @encoded, which suggests the following command:

scutil --nc start [A-name-of-VPN-configuration-stored-in-Network-Preferences]

It works nicely for PPTP connection, but for L2TP, this command fails to read the shared secret stored in that configuration, and I need to provide --secret [shared-secret] for L2TP connection.

This is obviously not safe enough; I want scutil to be aware of the secret stored instead of asking me. As it can read stored username and password, this should be only a small tweak, but I can't figure out what it is.

I'm running OS X Yosemite 10.10.3.

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    There is working [alternative answer](http://superuser.com/a/557390/624525) in that thread. – Konstantin Suvorov Nov 01 '16 at 16:26
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    Possible duplicate of [Start configured VPN from command line (OSX)](https://superuser.com/questions/358513/start-configured-vpn-from-command-line-osx) – kenorb Nov 07 '17 at 15:30

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