How to start VPN connection on boot?

foxy123 · 09-11-2012, 11:22 AM

I need to start PPTP VPN connection on boot in order to get to an external network. I have configured pptp-linux and now can start the connection using

Code:

sudo pon myvpn nodetach

or

Code:

sudo pppd call myvpn

. But I cannot figure out how to start it on boot (before a user logs in). I tried to put this line in rc.local without any result, tried to mess with /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot and /etc/network/interfaces but nothing worked for me for the lack of knowledge of how do it properly. Could anyone help me with it? I need to do it on Ubuntu 10.04.

deadeyes · 09-19-2012, 03:49 AM

Do you need a password when running it manually with sudo?

foxy123 · 09-19-2012, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadeyes

Do you need a password when running it manually with sudo?

Apart from sudo password, no. I have the VPN password stored in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets.

deadeyes · 09-20-2012, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foxy123

Apart from sudo password, no. I have the VPN password stored in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets.

So you have to type the sudo password? How can the OS know this when you boot?

Could you print the specific line in visudo you added to make this work?

foxy123 · 09-20-2012, 02:49 PM

I thought you don't need a password on that boot level. But I'm not sure.

deadeyes · 09-21-2012, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foxy123

I thought you don't need a password on that boot level. But I'm not sure.

If you need a password to execute the command when your desktop or user environment is running, you will need one as well at boot.

Otherwise you could just create a script to do some fishy stuff and execute it as root without a password?

THat is why I asked for the contents of visudo.

foxy123 · 09-22-2012, 09:52 AM

Please see below

Code:

#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# Please consider adding local content in /etc/sudoers.d/ instead of
# directly modifying this file.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
#
Defaults	env_reset
Defaults	secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# User privilege specification
root	ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
%sudo	ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

# See sudoers(5) for more information on "#include" directives:

#includedir /etc/sudoers.d