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I want to configure a remote linux (Ubuntu Precise) to use a PPTP VPN. I can only access to it using ssh, so I don't have a graphical interface (neither do I want it).

Some hours googling:

  • Guides on where to click in the graphical interface (useless);
  • pptp-linux:
    • getaddrinfo(): Name or service not known
  • nmcli
    • ** (process:5244): WARNING **: Could not initialize NMClient /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files
    • ** (process:5244): WARNING **: Error enabling/disabling networking: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files

Can anyone point me a tutorial, a command that actually works, or any other way to setup all network traffic to go through the PPTP VPN on that machine?

Update

My VPN service has expired and I will not renew it. I no longer have access to a PPTP VPN, so I can not replicate the problem, nor do I have the need to verify if any given answer solves the problem I described.

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It's easy to configure pppd profile, try google about pppd. – warl0ck Sep 21 '12 at 13:40
Hmmm, that getaddrinfo error sounds like you may have made a typo in a host name, or maybe DNS doesn't work on the box. Any idea what its trying to resolve when getting that error? – derobert Nov 20 '12 at 16:38
It was trying to resolve the server address that the VPN provider gave me, which is not active anymore. I knew the address was good, at the time I was also using it in Mac OS. – pfac Nov 29 '12 at 18:11

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There is at least two good howto about that.

Take a look at them first, please

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I followed the PPTP Client documentation and got the getaddrinfo(): Name or service not known – pfac Sep 21 '12 at 18:33

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