On Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.x) you are prompted to enter your VPN password even though you’ve previously saved it in the keychain
You are using IPSec on the built in VPN client on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
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On the left upper pane, under Keychains select System
On the left lower, under Category select All Items
On the right side of the screen scroll to the bottom and locate the two items called VPN(IPSec)
Double-click the VPN(IPSec) whos kind is IPSec XAuth Password
Click the Access Control button/tab. The applications permitted to use this keychain item will be displayed below. If you’re prompted for your password, enter it.
Click the plus (+) sign
When the Finder window appears, press Cmd + Shift + G on your keyboard
When the Go To Folder dialog appears, enter /usr/libexec
Click Go
When the /usr/libexec folder appears scroll to configd, select it and click Add
Click Save Changes
Close Keychain Access and try connecting to your VPN again