VPN PPTP

• Know Issues

There is a know issue with VPN PPTP service in version 6.0 update 1. When this problem occurs VPN PPTP users will be able to establish a VPN connection but will not be able to access any internal network resources.

The workaround for this problem is the following procedure to be executed in the CLI as root:

- ps ax | grep pptp

- /etc/init.d/pptpd stop [stop the service]

- Identify the process Id number of pptpd that is still running and force it to stop with the command:

- kill -9 <pid number>

- /etc/init.d/pptpd start [start the service]

For example:

ipbrick:~# ps ax | grep pptp

 4177 pts/4    S+     0:00 grep pptp
 15088 ?        S      0:11 pptpd [89.152.241.114:FFE9 - 0F00]                                                                                                            
 15089 pts/0    Ss+    0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd local file /etc/ppp/pptpd-options 115200 192.168.0.151:192.168.0.152 ipparam 89.152.241.114 remotenumber 89.152.241.114
 20619 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/pptpd

ipbrick:~#

ipbrick:~# /etc/init.d/pptpd stop

 Stopping PPTP: pptpd.

ipbrick:~#

ipbrick:~# ps ax | grep pptp

 4188 pts/4    S+     0:00 grep pptp
 15088 ?        S      0:11 pptpd [89.152.241.114:FFE9 - 0F00]                                                                                                            
 15089 pts/0    Ss+    0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd local file /etc/ppp/pptpd-options 115200 192.168.0.151:192.168.0.152 ipparam 89.152.241.114 remotenumber 89.152.241.114

ipbrick:~#

ipbrick:~# kill -9 15088

ipbrick:~# ps ax | grep pptp

 4235 pts/4    S+     0:00 grep pptp

ipbrick:~# /etc/init.d/pptpd start

Starting PPTP Daemon: pptpd.

ipbrick:~# ps ax | grep pptp

 4242 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/pptpd
 4244 pts/4    S+     0:00 grep pptp

ipbrick:~#