pptp(8)

NAME
pptp - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol daemon

SYNOPSIS
pptp hostname [ [--phone <phone number>] [--quirks ISP_NAME] -- ] [ppp options]

DESCRIPTION
pptp manages a virtual private network (VPN) connection using Microsoft PPTP protocols using IP GRE tunneling protocols. pptp uses ppp(8) on a pseudo-tty to negotiate the connection with MS-CHAP authentication.

Because pptp uses GRE, the net.inet.gre.allow sysctl needs to be enabled.

The hostname parameter specifies which host should be contacted as the PPTP server. Additional parameters are passed on to ppp and typically include a remote username or a file containing options.

pptp must be run as root.

EXAMPLE
pptp hostname [ppp options]

FILES
/var/run/pptp/<ip-address> is created as a socket. It is used for communicating with an existing PPTP call manager for a given remote server host.

/usr/local/sbin/pptp-reconnect can be used to (re)establish a pptp connection.

SEE ALSO
ppp(8), gre(4), /usr/local/share/doc/pptp/USING.

HISTORY
This man page appeared first in NetBSD 's pptp-package.

AUTHORS
C. Scott Ananian <cananian@alumni.princeton.edu>, John Kohl <jtk@NetBSD.org> (patches and original man page).