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How can I connect to a VPN Connection when I can use only bash (terminal)?
I create a connection but I want to connect or disconnect using remote ssh connection
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In your Ubuntu desktop, go to “System Settings -> Network” 2. At the Network window, click the “+” button at the left bottom corner. 3. When prompted, select VPN for the interface dropdown. Click “Create”. 4. Select “PPTP” for the VPN connection type (in most cases, you should only have one option).
Follow the guide below to learn how to connect to OpenVPN server via the Network Manager; Connect to OpenVPN using Network Manager on CentOS 8/Ubuntu 18.04 Click on the connection icon at the top right corner on your Ubuntu system and click Edit Connections. You can as well launch the network manager connection editor by running the command below;
There are many reasons why you need to connect to a VPN. Maybe you need to connect to your office network so you can access some confidential files from your Home PC, or that you need an American IP to watch Hulu and listen to Pandora. Whatever the reason is, you can easily configure a VPN connection in Ubuntu and no extra installation is required.
You may need to install net-tools for the netstat command to work. Use this command: sudo apt install net-tools That’s all the configuration you’ll need to do for the OpenVPN Server. It should now be capable of receiving incoming connections.
you can use nmcli to do that. this program is use for network management.
nmcli con up id <name_of_connection>
you need to save the password of that connection before you use this command. For more information, try man nmcli
any help on how to create VPN_CONNECTION in bash and how to manage them will appreciate
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Install the packages
sudo apt-get install vpnc network-manager-vpnc network-manager-vpnc-gnome
and then from bash you can try
vpnc-connect vpn.conf
you need to supply the vpn configuration file as argument.
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