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pptpsetup - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol setup

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

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.

–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.

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

• PPTP Client Debian HOWTO :: http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-debian.phtml
• PPTP Client Diagnosis HOWTO :: http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-diagnosis.phtml

pptpsetup - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol setup

Copyright (C) 2006 Nelson Ferraz

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