[pptp-server] Security issue

[Robert Dege]

Here's how I determine the Outside IP:

In the file /etc/ppp/ip-up:

# Get session pid
PID=`cat /var/run/$1.pid`
PPID=`ps --noheaders -p $PID -o \%P`

# Get Real World IP
OUTSIDE=`ps --noheaders -p $PPID -o cmd | cut -d\  -f2`

-Rob

> Hi !
> How can I determine the IP a connection is comming from. I want to use
> it in auth-up to let the user in or not.
> Any hints ?
> 
> Alex.
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-Rob