Never been successful in getting AVPN working. See log below (note my personal information has been replaced for identity protection):
===== Friday, December 30, 2005 12:14:06 PM US/Eastern =====
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] Fri Dec 30 12:14:09 EST 2005 +====================================================================================================+
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] My PID : 8088
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] Who Am I : me tty?? Dec 30 12:14
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] OS : Tiger
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] Base DIR : /Users/me/Library/PreferencePanes/AlmostVPN.prefPane/Contents/Resources
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] Working DIR : /Users/me/Library/Application Support/AlmostVPN
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] profile : default
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] Tool : /Users/me/Library/PreferencePanes/AlmostVPN.prefPane/Contents/Resources/almostVPNTool
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] Timeout : "Not Set"
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] Options :
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] +user me +load +profile default
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] Fri Dec 30 12:14:09 EST 2005 -====================================================================================================-
12/30/05 12:14:09[8088] /bin/launchctl unload "/Users/me/Library/Application Support/AlmostVPN/launchd.default.plist"
12/30/05 12:14:10[8088] /bin/launchctl load "/Users/me/Library/Application Support/AlmostVPN/launchd.default.plist"
12/30/05 12:14:10[8118] Fri Dec 30 12:14:10 EST 2005 +====================================================================================================+
12/30/05 12:14:10[8118] My PID : 8118
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] Who Am I : me tty?? Dec 30 12:14
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] OS : Tiger
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] Base DIR : /Users/me/Library/PreferencePanes/AlmostVPN.prefPane/Contents/Resources
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] Working DIR : /Users/me/Library/Application Support/AlmostVPN
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] profile : default
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] Tool : /Users/me/Library/PreferencePanes/AlmostVPN.prefPane/Contents/Resources/almostVPNTool
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] Timeout : 60
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] Sessions : 1
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] root@myremoteserver.net "-o" "ConnectTimeout=60" "-o" "TCPKeepAlive=yes" "-4" "-L" "23:mail.myemailserver.org:25" "-L" "80:mail.myemailserver.org:110" "-l" "root" "99.99.99.99"
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] Options :
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] +profile default +timeout 60 +ssh root@myremoteserver.net -o ConnectTimeout=60 -o TCPKeepAlive=yes -4 -L 23:mail.myemailserver.org:25 -L 80:mail.myemailserver.org:110 -l root 99.99.99.99
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] Fri Dec 30 12:14:11 EST 2005 -====================================================================================================-
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] Status : default|Starting|Starting profile
12/30/05 12:14:11[8118] Status : default|Starting|Starting Session : root@myremoteserver.net
12/30/05 12:14:23[8118] startSession : root@myremoteserver.net :
12/30/05 12:14:23[8118] PID ( root@myremoteserver.net ) is dead
12/30/05 12:14:23[8118] Password:
12/30/05 12:14:23[8118] stopSession : root@myremoteserver.net : kill
12/30/05 12:14:23[8118] Status : default|Not Running|Not Running
12/30/05 12:14:23[8118] Status : default|Not Running|root@myremoteserver.net failed. .