NAME¶
pptpsetup - 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
COPYRIGHT¶
pptpsetup - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol setup
Copyright (C) 2006 Nelson Ferraz
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin
St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA