Ubuntu
network-manager-pptp package

  1. Bug #259168
  2. Comment #118

Comment 118 for bug 259168

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 259168] Re: Network Manager unable to connect to PPTP VPN

On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 03:28:28PM -0000, mklebel wrote:
> Works now. upgrading to the PPA version fixed it.
>
> Another issue,
> but I'm not sure if this is a bug or I'm uneducated with network-manager but it rewrites my /etc/resolv.conf to use the remote VPN gateway instead of my local gateway. I tail syslog and it sets ppp0 as default for routing and DNS, I want it to go all through eth1.
>

You should be able to configure your pptp IP4Settings to not use the
DNS server that ppp gives you ... just look in connection editor.

But remember that we have bug 303165 ... so in case that doesnt work
also be a bit patient. The fix for that is in the pipelin for the
network-manager package.

 - Alexander