[pptp-server] Linux Client?

[Jerry Vonau]

Can you post your options file? How are you invoking the client? You
have to use all your options on the command line when you start it
Something like:  /usr/sbin/pptp SERVERIP lock noauth debug user USERNAME
+chapms-v2 mppe-128 mppe-stateless noauth  Replace UPPERCASE with your
stuff.
Your mileage may vary.

Jerry



Patrick Childers wrote:

> Thanks to everyone so far for helping me setup our VPN sever, I could
> not have gotten this far with the list. But anyway I can't get the
> linux pptp client to work on my any system. We are using standard
> redhat-6.2 installs. I installed the mppe modules, but the pptp-client
> returns that "The remote system is required to authenticate itself but
> I counldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do
> so." I assume to is asking for the login/password, but how do I hand
> that to the cleint. ThanksPatrick   Here is the server's
> syslog--------------------------------------------------------------Sep
> 30 17:09:32 phathat pptpd[2413]: CTRL: Client 209.187.165.235 control
> connection started
> Sep 30 17:09:33 phathat pptpd[2413]: CTRL: Starting call (launching
> pppd, opening GRE)
> Sep 30 17:09:33 phathat pppd[2414]: pppd 2.3.10 started by root, uid 0
>
> Sep 30 17:09:33 phathat pppd[2414]: Using interface ppp0
> Sep 30 17:09:33 phathat pppd[2414]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
> Sep 30 17:09:36 phathat pptpd[2266]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:09:36 phathat pptpd[2413]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:09:39 phathat pptpd[2266]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:09:39 phathat pptpd[2413]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:09:42 phathat pptpd[2266]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:09:42 phathat pptpd[2413]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:09:45 phathat pptpd[2266]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:09:45 phathat pptpd[2413]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:09:48 phathat pptpd[2266]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:09:48 phathat pptpd[2413]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:10:00 phathat pptpd[2266]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:10:00 phathat pptpd[2413]: GRE: Discarding out of order
> packet
> Sep 30 17:10:03 phathat pppd[2414]: LCP: timeout sending
> Config-Requests
> Sep 30 17:10:03 phathat pppd[2414]: Connection terminated.
> Sep 30 17:10:03 phathat pppd[2414]: Exit.
> Sep 30 17:10:03 phathat pptpd[2413]: GRE:
> read(fd=4,buffer=804d7e0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error
> = Input/output error
> Sep 30 17:10:03 phathat pptpd[2413]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write
> failed (pty,gre)=(4,5)
> Sep 30 17:10:03 phathat pptpd[2413]: CTRL: Client 209.187.165.235
> control connection finished