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Ubuntu Samba user already logged in (ghost user)

Situation is following. I have two PCs. Server (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) and Client (Windows 7). I set up VPN with samba share (each user has it's own shared folder). Everything worked fine untill Client PC ...
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I want to set up IPSEC/IKE for VPN connectivity from one site to another

I want to set up IPSEC/IKE for VPN, with IKE phase and IPSEK phase. My site runs Ubuntu server and other site I want to connect to runs Cisco device. I just want commands I will use on my site in ...
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setup media server on Ubuntu VPS

I have get a VPS running Ubuntu 12.04. I want to setup a media server on the VPS, as I plan to use the VPS to download videos, and streaming the video through internet. I wonder what should I do to ...
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Ubuntu Server is not routing a vtun VPN

I have an Ubuntu 12.04 LTE virtual server, kernel 2.6.32, and a VPN with vtun running. In the VPN, the server is 6.6.6.6, and the two clients are 6.6.6.29 and 6.6.6.35. If I ping 6.6.6.6 from any ...
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Connection to PPTP server drops continually

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 VPS to host a PPTP server for my own personal use. I have set it up using a script I have written myself which is drawn from various different tutorials I have come across ...
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I need help running a script constantly for a vpn connection. how to go around the ping

I am one of those who need to use vpnc for a connection with a net. I've tried so many tutorials' example like this, this and this without success. I know decided to write a small script to reconnect ...
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What is the easiest way to secure a cluster of servers so they can communicate with each other?

I am working on configuring an expandable Ubuntu Cluster to host several Riak Database Nodes. These nodes need limited ports open to talk amongst each other, but only to other nodes in that private ...
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How to route vpn through proxy

I have an ISP (public hospital) who is blocking everything through a program called Fortiguard. It's very annoying. Its blocking my public library as a terrorist organization. It's blocking me from ...
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Using native connection while still connected to a vpn

I'm setting up a vpn server on a remote development server. The development server has websites that I'm developing and the vpn is in place so that I can tell apache to only accept local connections ...
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How to set up an SSTP Server

Is there a way to set up a linux based, preferably ubuntu, SSTP server? I know there is a SSTP client available on sourceforge, but I can't find a server. To be clear: I do NOT want openVPN, I want ...
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Problem with setup VPN on Ubuntu Server 12.04

I have a problem with setup VPN server on my Ubuntu VPS, here is my server environments: Ubuntu Server 12.04 x86_64 xl2tpd 1.3.1+dfsg-1 pppd 2.4.5-5ubuntu1 openswan 1:2.6.38-1~precise1 After ...
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How to configure an Ubuntu server so that all traffic goes through a VPN?

This question is Not about how to set up VPN on an Ubuntu server. Edited: I think what I'm looking for is the way to set up a PPTP VPN client on my Ubuntu server by command line. I have an Ubuntu ...
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Create VPN server using the Ubuntu VPS

I have an Ubuntu (Debian) VPS in USA, NOW want to make up VPN service on it. Can you help me to handle it, please. Which program surplussed me for. What about Socks!. [I need it too] How can I ...
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How do I confirm my VPN connection is working and make it start automatically on 12.04 server via commandline?

I'm using vyprvpn as a VPN provider and I would like to make my Ubuntu 12.04 server connect to it via pptp-linux. I only have the option of using the command line to connect so I used this guide: ...
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Create a management-network

I have som servers and all of them are running Ubuntu. Some are VPS'es and some are running at home on my ESXi-host. I'd like to know the best way to create a VPN-LAN for these, sort of a ...
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Connecting to Cisco VPN not forwarding traffic

I have a virtual Ubuntu server running on Vagrant. I need to run VPNC to connect into my database server for development, but when I run the configuration that I have, I don't get any traffic to my ...
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How do I create a VPN connection using only the terminal (SSH)?

I am trying to create a VPN connection for my Ubuntu Server machine to use. I only have access via ssh terminal session. I have seen many articles detailing how to connect to an existing connection, ...
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how to setup vpn server on Ubuntu/Xubuntu for windows and all other client to use [closed]

I have Ubuntu/Xubuntu Desktop installed on my laptop/desktop, i want to setup a VPN server so that when logging in either from my laptop or a windows pc all my traffic goes through the server. I ...
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Is PPTP a secure VPN-protocol?

I will be setting up a VPN on my home server and in tutorials I've read it says that the protocol can only be used with passwords, not key-files. To me this doesn't seem very secure so I was wondering ...
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PPTP VPN SERVER

I have followed This guide and also the documentation for pptp vpn and my vpn connects. It even allows me to go on the web and search it. However, when I go to cmyip.com; it displays my personal ip ...
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Internet via openVPN

I managed it to install openVPN on a virtual host and the connection works great, but I am not able to use the internet through the openvpn server (it s only possible to ping the servers ip). How can ...
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How do I set up a PPTP VPN on my own Ubuntu Server?

Assuming I have a Virtual Private Server from someone like Linode, running Ubuntu, how do I easily set up a PPTP VPN so that Ubuntu clients can connect to it? By default, Ubuntu offers to connect to ...
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how to set up a ubuntu server to be (securely) available from internet?

(apologize in advance, I'm a pro-windows newly converted to ubuntu... if my questions are obvious, please tell me). I want to build a ubuntu server continuously connected to the internet. I own only ...
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How can I insure transmission traffic uses a VPN?

I'd like to insure that transmission only sends/receives traffic when the server it runs on is connected to a VPN. I found this question which is similar but I don't want to force all traffic ...
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How do I set up a virtual private network in VirtualBox?

I am trying to set up a VPN in a virtual box machine running Ubuntu 10.10. All attempts so far have failed and even when I set up the VPN it keeps saying failed connection. Any help at all here would ...
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How to seamlessly connect two LAN's?

I'm going to connecting two LAN's in some way, I imagine some form of VPN tunnel between the gateway/router on each side. Both routers have Ubuntu-server 10.04 installed, but the only vpn-like ...