Command line PPTP client

[premiermac]

Is there an easy way to invoke a PPTP connection that is already setup in Internet Connect from the CLI? I notice that when I do a ps after using Internet Connect to start a PPTP connection that I get a pppd line as such-

pppd serviceid 7B2C0F87-8B80-4F66-9400-97D3D7546CC0 controlled

But I can’t figure out a way to invoke this via CLI. The serviceid is identical each time I connect to that site, so it must be saved somewhere.

I’d like to be able to SSH into a box and establish a PPTP connection out of it without it being logged in at the GUI.

[jnetman1]

sudo pppd serviceid 2 debug logfile /tmp/ppp.log plugin /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/PPPController.bundle/Contents/PlugIns/PPPDialogs.ppp plugin pptp.ppp remoteaddress AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD redialcount 1 redialtimer 5 idle 1800 mru 1500 mtu 1448 receive-all novj 0:0 noipdefault ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote user yourusername password yourpassword hide-password noaskpassword mppe-stateless mppe-128 looplocal

AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD is the address of the PPTP server. Next you have to add a route. Do an ifconfig and look for the ppp0 interface. Should look something like this:

ppp0: flags=8051 mtu 1396
inet 172.18.247.53 –> 172.18.247.84 netmask 0xffff0000

You need the remote IP for the route, which is the last one (172.18.247.84 in the example above.) Add route like so:

sudo route add 172.18.247.0/24 172.18.247.84

and you are done.

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