pptpsetup(8)

pptpsetup8

Point-to-point tunneling protocol setup

Usage

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

pptpsetup --delete <TUNNEL>

Overview

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.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0–8
  3. 9
  4. 10–12
  5. 13
  6. Arch

Author

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

From pptpclient 1.10.0-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.