pptpsetup(8) - Linux man page

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 .

Copyright

pptpsetup - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol setup

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