10.5.7 Leopard Server - Standard Setup

Im looking to see if the standard setup of leopard server can be configured to use PPTP rather than IPSec.
Also, is it possible to share the ethernet connection of my MacMini (running leopard server) to wifi?
I want to use it as a router for my home.

The built-in VPN server supports both PPTP and L2TP over IPSec.
For sure the Advanced setup can support either, or both simultaneously. I've never run a standard setup, but I don't see why it would be any different.
As for network sharing, you can share any interface with any other interface. It doesn't matter what media the interface uses (e.g. wired or wireless).
I would suggest that you carefully consider your server use before deciding to use it as the gateway to your network. For most people a standard $50 router does just as well, and, in fact, provides better security.

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  • Snow Leopard Server with Lion Server for APNS

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    Samsung 22" monitor
    Apple Keyboard (Aluminium with keypad) A1243
    Apple Mightymouse A1152
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    Apple Airport Extreme
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    Mac OS X 10.5.6 Disk version 1.0 [2Z691-6344-A]
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    password : astrongpassword
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    ( 13 ) $ cp -Rp /System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB/dsmappings /var/db/dslocal/
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    ( 2 ) Menu Utilities -> Disk Utility -> Select the Drive -> Repair Disk
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    ELSE
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    ( 35 ) You can now copy anything you need from the pm to the gm.
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    But I fiddled around a bit more and finally solved the issues I had, so I wanted to share that with the community.
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    4. I went back to "Server Preferences" to re-enable all services for users. those somehow got unchecked by whatever Server Admin did. probably you can do that in Server Admin/Workgroup manager, too, but I am not sure how and what I did at least worked.
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