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Problem solved
I am sure the gnome set up would be much easier but..
1) Basic guidelines as in
http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-debian.phtml
2) I adapted the basic guidelines from the tips in
http://www.acampbell.ukfsn.org/linux/vpn.html
3) Once the tunnel was connected then following the
http://www.acampbell.ukfsn.org/linux/vpn.html I routed all traffic over
the pptp
4) Then mounted the server using mount.cifs. I found that I had to
specific the server address using ip= command
mount.cifs //serveraddress/ local_mount_point/ -v -o
user=my_user_name,password=my_password,iocharset=utf8,_netdev,uid=henryb,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,domain=TNWD,ip=my_server_address_that_I_connect_to
Still to resolve:
- A quicker way to connect
- Route only some of the data across (ie just the mounted server)
- I can copy files from the server to my machine easily but I cannot save
the file attributes if I copy from my machine to the server
- I cannot get the web outlook open over the VPN, but the more I use
outlook the more I understand why I gave it up several years ago
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