On Fri 2005.09.30 at 14:51 -0700, Peter Bako wrote: > I have a situation where I need to connect an OpenBSD box to a MS Windows > PPTP server (yep, I know it is not secure, but in this case I have no choice > in the matter). > > After looking around the net I found myself at > http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/. So I downloaded, complied and installed > the program and tried to connect to my test box. (Also complied a custom > kernel using the GENERIC files with only the pseudo-device GRE line > commented out.) There aren't any OpenBSD specific instructions on the site, > but reading the generic docs, as well as the docs for NetBSD, the PPTP man > pages, etc. I think I have enough to get started. However when I try to > connect up I get nothing but a list of errors (connection timed out, could > not open connection, etc.) I know the path from my OpenBSD box to the test > server is correct, because if I plug my Win2k laptop in it is able to > successfully connect to the server. > > As far as I can tell the problem is a lack of MPPE support either in the > Kernel or in PPP. However I cannot find any information on how to get this > support onto an OpenBSD system. > > Has anyone gotten PPTP-client to work on an OpenBSD box and if yes, would > you be kind enough to send me some steps or any other info on how you did > it?
the pptp port used to use pppd(8), which does not have mppe and other gue. the -current port has switched to userland ppp(8), which has all the gue needed for certain(tm) pptp servers. if you want to use it on pre -current, look the -current port to see how to enable userland ppp(8) instead (i.e. not officially supported ;). don't mess with GENERIC - just set net.inet.gre.allow=1 and yes, it works - been using it with userland ppp(8) for a while now.
