[pptp-server] Almost there! =) A few more helpful hints wil l get me on my way...

[Cowles, Steve]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dread Boy [mailto:dreadboy at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 6:56 PM
> To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> Subject: [pptp-server] Almost there! =) A few more helpful hints will
> get me on my way...
> 
> > > I've made SaMBa the main WINS server assigned by DHCPD
> > > on the Linux box, etc. - the way it's always been, anyway.
> >
> > WINS server assignment through DHCP is valid, but only for
> > clients configured to use DHCP to configure the TCP/IP stack.
> > Keep in mind, when using a PopTop PPTP server - PPTP clients
> > are configured through pppd options, not DHCP. Although - On
> > the other side of the coin, Microsoft's PPTP server can be
> > configured to use DHCP to configure remote PPTP clients.
> 
> Right.  I only use DHCP for local connections, I don't expect 
> it to work for  PPTP.
> 
> > >
> > > I edited /etc/pptpd.conf with the line:
> > >
> > >    ms-wins 192.168.0.2
> >
> > BZZT! I hope the above is a type-o, but ms-wins is a pppd 
> > option, not a PPTP option. FYI: from man pppd
> 
> OK.  I didn't realize this.  Should I then put the ms-wins 
> statement in /etc/ppp/options vs /etc/ppp/options/pptp ?

Based on the "option" parameter in your /etc/pptpd.conf file... the ms-wins
option would be placed in the /etc/ppp/options.pptp file. 

> > >
> > > I've changed the samba resolve order to wins, lmhosts, 
> > > blah, blah, blah... I've even added corresponding
> > > entries to /etc/lmhosts for a few machines on my network.
> >
> > The default search order should be fine. Also, its rather 
> > hard to debug WINS related problems when you add entries
> > to the lmhosts file.
> 
> OK, I'll toast the lmhosts file then.  Should I also toast 
> the hosts file?

On all of my pptp clients and even the hosts on the LAN, the lmhosts and
hosts file are blank. Well... with the exception of the loopback interface
in the hosts file. That entry should already be there.

> 
> > Based on your post, it sounds like you do not have
> > WINS/Samba setup properly. Without seeing your smb.conf
> > file, I would only be guessing at what the problem.
> 
> OK, I'll post all of the related files at the bottom of this 
> message.  Thanks to everyone who's muddled me through this
> stuff.  =)
> 
> P.S.  Is there anyway to "follow up" a message directly on 
> the message board?  I seem to have to mail my message each
> time.

I have always used e-mail to reply to this list.

> 
> --- /etc/smb.conf ---
>    workgroup = WestLogic
>    server string = Linux Samba Server
>    hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
>    security = user
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
>    unix password sync = Yes
>    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>    passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n 
> *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n 
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
>    username map = /etc/smbusers
>    include = /etc/smb.conf.%m
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>    #eth0 and eth1 - so don't want NetBIOS hanging its arse 
> off my ext eth
>    interfaces = 192.168.0.0/24

I have always set this to the IP address/netmask or interface name that I
want active, not the network address.

>    bind interfaces only = yes

Are you sure you want to use this parameter??? From the man pages regarding
the use of bind interfaces only:

  For file service it causes smbd to bind only to the
  interface list given in the ´interfaces´ parameter.
  This restricts the networks that smbd will serve to
  packets  coming in those interfaces.  Note that you
  should not use this parameter for machines that are  <---
  serving  PPP or other intermittent or non-broadcast  <---
  network interfaces as it will not  cope  with  non-  <---
  permanent interfaces.

>    remote announce = 192.168.0.255
>    local master = yes
>    domain master = yes
>    preferred master = yes

Since I do not understand your network architecture i.e. domain/workgroup,
I'm assuming you want this system to win the master browser election
process. To insure that is does... I would try adding

     os level = 100

>    name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
>    wins support = yes
>    wins proxy = yes

Is there a reason you are using WINS proxy?

>    preserve case = yes
>    case sensitive = yes
> 

I don't know if you have had a chance to read some of the samba docs, but a
good starting place is BROWSE.txt. On my system, its located in the
/usr/doc/samba<revision>/docs/textdocs directory. If you have the samba
source tree, its included in the docs directoy.


Steve Cowles