Ubuntu server PPTPD with OS X clients Problems
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I'm trying to get a PPTP server running on a ubuntu server, but I've run into some issues with it. I followed this guide on how to set up pptpd on my server, and everything went smooth, but when I try to connect with my mac, it gives me this error:
Here's my configuration:
Does anyone have any idea as to what I'm doing wrong here?
Update: Here's what the pptpd.log has to say about it:
steve@debian:~$ sudo tail /var/log/pptpd.log sudo: unable to resolve host debian Sep 3 21:46:43 debian pptpd[2485]: MGR: Manager process started Sep 3 21:46:43 debian pptpd[2485]: MGR: Maximum of 11 connections available Sep 3 21:46:43 debian pptpd[2485]: MGR: Couldn't create host socket Sep 3 21:46:43 debian pptpd[2485]: createHostSocket: Address already in use Sep 3 21:46:56 debian pptpd[2486]: CTRL: Client 192.168.1.101 control connection started Sep 3 21:46:56 debian pptpd[2486]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) Sep 3 21:46:56 debian pptpd[2486]: GRE: read(fd=6,buffer=204d0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error, usually caused by unexpected termination of pppd, check option syntax and pppd logs Sep 3 21:46:56 debian pptpd[2486]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(6,7) Sep 3 21:46:56 debian pptpd[2486]: CTRL: Reaping child PPP[2487] Sep 3 21:46:56 debian pptpd[2486]: CTRL: Client 192.168.1.101 control connection finished
My pptpd options are:
asyncmap 0 noauth crtscts lock hide-password modem debug proxyarp lcp-echo-interval 30 lcp-echo-failure 4 nopix
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