How To Use Sstpclient For Mac

Posted on 26-03-2021 by admin

About the App

The installation and setup of sstpc is all done on command line. You will need to start a terminal session and run sstpc with the appropriate command line options to successfully connect. Script to start sstp-client on a Mac, connecting to Microsoft VPN, with ability to use Apple's KeyChain GitHub Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

App name: sstp-client
App description: SSTP (Microsofts Remote Access Solution for PPP over SSL) client
App website: http://sstp-client.sourceforge.net

Install the App

Press Command+Space and type Terminal and press enter/return key.
Run in Terminal app:
ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)' < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
and press enter/return key.
If the screen prompts you to enter a password, please enter your Mac's user password to continue. When you type the password, it won't be displayed on screen, but the system would accept it. So just type your password and press ENTER/RETURN key. Then wait for the command to finish.
Run:
brew install sstp-client

Done! You can now use sstp-client.

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Script to start sstp-client on a Mac, connecting to Microsoft VPN, with ability to use Apple's KeyChain

vpn.sh

#!/bin/bash

SERVICE_NAME='my-example-vpn'

SERVICE_URL='my-example-vpn.com'

if [[ ${#USER}> 1 ]]

then

read -p 'Log in as ${USER}? [y/n] ' LIA

else

LIA = 'n'

if [[ $LIA'y' ]] || [[ $LIA'Y' ]]

then

UN=$USER

else

read -p 'VPN Username: ' UN

PW_KC=$(security find-generic-password -a $UN -s $SERVICE_NAME -w 2> /dev/null)

PW=''

if [[ ${#PW_KC}> 1 ]]

then

read -p 'Use password from keychain? [y/n] ' UPWKC

if [[ $UPWKC'y' ]] || [[ $UPWKC'Y' ]]

then

PW=$PW_KC

if [[ ${#PW} 0 ]]

then

read -sp 'VPN Password: ' PW

echo

read -p 'Store password in keychain? [y/n] ' UPWKC

if [[ $UPWKC'y' ]] || [[ $UPWKC'Y' ]]

then

security add-generic-password -a $UN -s $SERVICE_NAME -w $PW

echo -e 'nConnecting after sudo..'

sudo sstpc --log-stderr --log-level 1 --cert-warn --user $UN --password $PW$SERVICE_URL usepeerdns require-mschap-v2 noauth noipdefault defaultroute refuse-eap noccp

commented Jan 11, 2017

The sstp-client package can be installed with homebrew (brew install sstp-client) or macports (port install sstp-client).

commented Oct 22, 2019

Hello @bigonese, how can I check connection status?
The script works like charm but I need a how-to, to check my connection status.

Thank you so much for this script.
You are a life saver!

commented Oct 30, 2019

@ndedonald, if you use --log-level 4 instead of --log-level 1 you will see more verbose output, which should help you see if the connection is successfully established. In my (brief) experience, sstp-client terminates when the connection is lost, so you can use that as an indication.