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Connecting PPTP-VPN in Linux [UBUNTU, Python]

In past I've connected to VPN via Linux in Windows perfectly with python by using the following code:

    import win32ras

    hdl, retcode = win32ras.Dial (None, None, (vpn_name, ip, "", username, password, ""), None) #changing 'ip' will connect to that server ip

    win32ras.HangUp (hdl) #This disconnects the connection

So this works perfectly fine in windows with python but now I want to do it in ubuntu with python and I'm not sure how to do this at all. I want to do the same, define a VPN name and change its IP on connecting and input via username/password, if there's any other way, like directly connecting to the VPN without even making one then that's obviously better.

I'm finding the solution on internet as of now, will update if I find something.

Solution

  • How about using the Linux PPTP Client: http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ ?

    A few options for calling it from Python:

    1) Call it as a command-line tool using subprocess: https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html

    2) Build it as a library and call it via Cython: http://cython.org/

    3) Build it as a Python package (and for bonus points, make it available to others!): https://docs.python.org/2/extending/extending.html