pptpctrl
is a program usually run by the Poptop PPTP daemon,
pptpd(8),
which can also be run from
inetd(8)
if some of the features of
pptpd(8),
such as IP pool management and inbuilt TCP wrappers, are not required.
OPTIONS
First option - debugging:
0
to indicate no debugging or
1
to indicate debugging messages should be generated (and sent to
syslog).
Second option - broadcast relay interface:
0
to indicate that bcrelay shouldn't be used or
1 bcrelay
to indicate the internal-interface from which broadcasts
must be relayed.
options
should be used as the ppp options file.
Third option - ppp options file:
0
to indicate the default ppp options file (normally
/etc/ppp/options)
should be used or
1 options
to indicate the file
options
should be used as the ppp options file.
Fourth option - tty speed:
0
to indicate the default speed (normally
115200)
or
1 speed
to indicate that the speed passed to the ppp daemon should be
speed.
Fifth option - local IP address:
0
to indicate default (pppd-determined) local IP address (normally
the first ethernet interface's address) should be used or
1 local-ip
to indicate the local IP address should be set to
local-ip.
Sixth option - remote IP address:
0
to indicate that pppd should determine the remote IP address or
1 remote-ip
to indicate the remote IP address should be set to
remote-ip.
EXAMPLES
pptpctrl stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/local/sbin/pptpctrl 0 0 0 0 0 0 --buffer--
in
inetd.conf
to run
pptpctrl
to service incoming pptp connections using the tcp wrapper
/usr/sbin/tcpd.
The options here are no debugging, broadcast relay, default pppd options file,
default speed and default IP addresses. The
--buffer--
string is ignored and is there to extend the process name
so that the process can change its name to include the client
IP address.
pptpctrl stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/local/sbin/pptpctrl 1 1 eth0 1 /etc/ppp/options.PPTP 1 115200 1 192.168.0.1 0
in
inetd.conf
will run
pptpctrl
to service incoming pptp connections using the tcp wrapper
/usr/sbin/tcpd,
as before, however with debugging enabled, broadcast relay on eth0, an alternate
config file of
/etc/ppp/options.PPTP,
the speed set to
115200
and the local IP address forced to be
192.168.0.1.
NOTE
The
pptpctrl
service must be registered as port 1723/tcp for the above examples
to work. On most systems services can be registered by adding them
to
/etc/services.
Poptop 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, or (at your option) any later
version.
Poptop is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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