Manual: pptpsetup
PPTPSETUP(8) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPTPSETUP(8)
NAME
pptpsetup - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol setup
SYNOPSIS
pptpsetup --create --server [--domain ]
--username [--password ]
[--encrypt] [--start]
pptpsetup --delete
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 , 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
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