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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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