[olug] PPTP and Scientific Linux (RedHat 6)

[Dan Linder]

I think I finally found a solution to my 10 month old problem.  (I was
resuming my quest to fix this when I stumbled across my question when
searching Google.)

If you need to connect via PPTP using your Scientific Linux 6 (possibly
CentOS, too), you can use the Fedora projects file for NetworkManager-pptp:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/6/x86_64/NetworkManager-pptp-0.8.0-1.git20100411.el6.x86_64.rpm

I just downloaded it, installed it, and now the NetworkManager GUI will
allow me to create PPTP connections.

Just closing the loop - hope it helps someone in the future.

DanL

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 09:00, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> I'm playing with Scientific Linux 6 (RC1) and I'm having the same problem
> I've had before with RH5/CentOS5: the Network Manager doesn't have pptp by
> default.  (I need PPTP to connect to my companies VPN server...*sigh*)
>
> Unfortunately the old notes I have use the NetworkManager-pptp package
> with doesn't appear to be in the RedHat 6 repository (and thus not in
> SciLinux)...
>
> I don't mind manually setting up pptp and configuring files, but I have to
> document this for co-workers so the GUI option is preferred.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Dan
>
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
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    -- from the Satires of Juvenal
"I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them."
    -- Isaac Asimov (Author)
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