Hi, I'm trying to get openswan up and running a VPN and I'm at the step where I have to edit etc/ipsec.secrets to configure a password...but the default file does not exist and I had no idea what to do about it..so to get to the point I ran "ipsec verify" to debug ipsec....I am extremely new to linux...very much a complete fish out of water...here is the output...any feedback much appreciated.

[root@localhost ~]# ipsec verify
Checking your system to see if IPsec got installed and started correctly:
Version check and ipsec on-path [OK]
Linux Openswan U2.3.0/K(no kernel code presently loaded)
Checking for IPsec support in kernel [FAILED]
Checking for RSA private key (/etc/ipsec.secrets) [FAILED]
ipsec showhostkey: file `/etc/ipsec.secrets' does not exist
Checking that pluto is running [FAILED]
whack: Pluto is not running (no "/var/run/pluto.ctl")
Two or more interfaces found, checking IP forwarding [FAILED]
whack: Pluto is not running (no "/var/run/pluto.ctl")
Checking for 'ip' command [OK]
Checking for 'iptables' command [OK]

Opportunistic Encryption DNS checks:
Looking for TXT in forward dns zone: localhost.localdomain [MISSING ]
Does the machine have at least one non-private address? [FAILED]
[root@localhost ~]#