Re: Pointers for configuring vpn please

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2017-05-10 at 18:03 +0100, Colin Helliwell wrote:
> > On 10 May 2017 at 16:04 Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes, the pptp package, typically obtained from your distro or from:
> >
> > http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > Dan
>
> Sorry to be a pain, but are you able to quickly tell me what binary
> it's actually looking for? I think I've installed the pptp package -
> I have /usr/bin/pptp (v1.9.0), but still getting 'could not find
> binary'...

It looks in:

        static const char *pptp_binary_paths[] =
                {
                        "/sbin/pptp",
                        "/usr/sbin/pptp",
                        "/usr/local/sbin/pptp",
                        NULL
                };

Dan


> My NM connection is:
>
> [connection]
> id=vpn-pptp
> uuid=5a2d1600-dead-babe-ac21-d8a5e1f0f8c5
> type=vpn
> autoconnect=false
> permissions=
>
> [vpn]
> service-type=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp
> gateway=GATEWAYIP
> user=MYUSERNAME
> password-flags=0
>
> [vpn-secrets]
> password=MYPASSWORD
>
> [ipv4]
> dns-search=
> method=auto
>
> [ipv6]
> addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
> dns-search=
> method=auto
>
>
> Are there other configs needed....?
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