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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

Client is a Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD client for the proprietary Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, .

This script configures

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 Client Debian .

SEE ALSO

PPTP

Client Debian

HOWTO

pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-debian.phtml

PPTP

Client Diagnosis

HOWTO

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

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 even the implied warranty of or A . See the General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the

General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, 02110-1301