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Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol setup

Synopsis

    pptpsetup --create <TUNNEL> --server <SERVER> [--domain <DOMAIN>]
              --username <USERNAME> [--password <PASSWORD>]
              [--encrypt] [--start]

    pptpsetup --delete <TUNNEL>

Description

PPTP Client is a Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD client for the proprietary Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, PPTP.

This script configures PPTP Client on Linux.

Options

--create TUNNEL

create a tunnel named TUNNEL

--delete TUNNEL

delete the file /etc/ppp/peers/TUNNEL and any lines from /etc/ppp/chap-secrets that contains "TUNNEL" as a single word

--server SERVER

the IP address or host name of the server

--domain DOMAIN

the authentication domain name (optional)

--username USERNAME

the username you are to use

--password PASSWORD

the password you are to use. If you don't specify a password, pptpsetup will ask for one.

--encrypt

whether encryption is required

--start

whether the connection should be started after configuration.

Author

Nelson Ferraz <nferraz at gmail.com>, based on James Cameron's PPTP Client Debian HOWTO.

See Also

PPTP Client Debian HOWTO

http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-debian.phtml

PPTP Client Diagnosis HOWTO

http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-diagnosis.phtml

Info

2024-07-19 perl v5.40.0 User Contributed Perl Documentation