From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 7 8:13:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E2FA37B401 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 08:13:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nemesis.systems.pipex.net (nemesis.systems.pipex.net [62.190.223.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AF8743E31 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 08:13:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sroberts@dsl.pipex.com) Received: from ThisAddressDoesNotExist (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by nemesis.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BECC9160003CF; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:12:58 +0100 (BST) Subject: RE: Dynamic DNS Client experiences? From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com To: Chuck Warren Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-PUnrmPbwyewdaCzd1QzW" X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 07 Jul 2002 16:13:31 +0100 Message-Id: <1026054811.88014.44.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=-PUnrmPbwyewdaCzd1QzW Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Chuck, I've got the domain sorted now, but I'm having a problem setting up ddclient. Well.., I can't seem to get this thing started, to be honest. I've done the following: In /usr/local/etc, copied ddclient.conf.sample to ddclient.conf edited ddclient.conf to use the router's IP, login & password saved the file went to /usr/local/sbin and tried starting manually for the first time as per the instructions: /usr/local/sbin $ sh ddclient start require: not found use: not found use: not found use: not found use: not found my: not found my: not found =3D~: not found my: not found =3D~: not found my: not found ddclient: 21: Syntax error: "(" unexpected /usr/local/sbin $=20 Can you (anyone that using ddclient) please give me a hand here? Stacey On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 15:02, Chuck Warren wrote: >=20 > >From: Stacey Roberts > >Reply-To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com > >To: Adam Wood > >CC: 'FreeBSD-Questions' > >Subject: RE: Dynamic DNS Client experiences? > >Date: 04 Jul 2002 23:01:22 +0100 > > > >Thanks Adam (and everyone else that replied!), > > I think that ZoneEdit meets the requirements for what I have in > >mind here. Only, I'm drawn towards using ddclient for the dynamic DNS > >client on the gateway. Have you come across this client? What are your > >thoughts? > > > >Stacey > > > >On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 23:56, Adam Wood wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm hoping to get some of the list members' thoughts and > > > > experiences with various dynamic DNS client programs here. > > > > > > > > I'm interested in running some services from a home network, > > > > and I've decided to give the folks at ZoneEdit try - in case > > > > anyone's interested., > > > > > > > > So any suggestions, comments, experiences and gotchas that > > > > could assist me, are welcome. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I use ZoneEdit - they're great. Lynx (/usr/ports/www/lynx) works fin= e > > > for updating my address. I have a cron job that runs the following > > > script once a week. > > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > # Script to update IP address at ZoneEdit. > > > lynx -source -auth=3DUSERNAME:PASSWORD > > > 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=3Dwoodfucius.com' > > > > > > chmod the script to 700 and you're all set. > > > > > > Hope that helps, > > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- > >Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science > >Network Systems Engineer > ><< signature.asc >> >=20 > Stacey - >=20 > I have been using ddclient (with dyndns.org) without a problem for months= ...=20 > comes with it's own startup script and can be modified to suit your needs= ..=20 > quite easy and only takes a few minutes to setup. >=20 > Need a hand surely let me know. >=20 > Cheers > Chuck >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos:=20 > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science Network Systems Engineer --=-PUnrmPbwyewdaCzd1QzW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Chuck, I've got the domain sorted now, but I'm having a problem setting up ddclient. Well.., I can't seem to get this thing started, to be honest. I've done the following: In /usr/local/etc, copied ddclient.conf.sample to ddclient.conf edited ddclient.conf to use the router's IP, login & password saved the file went to /usr/local/sbin and tried starting manually for the first time as per the instructions: /usr/local/sbin $ sh ddclient start require: not found use: not found use: not found use: not found use: not found my: not found my: not found =3D~: not found my: not found =3D~: not found my: not found ddclient: 21: Syntax error: "(" unexpected /usr/local/sbin $=20 Can you (anyone that using ddclient) please give me a hand here? Stacey On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 15:02, Chuck Warren wrote: >=20 > >From: Stacey Roberts > >Reply-To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com > >To: Adam Wood > >CC: 'FreeBSD-Questions' > >Subject: RE: Dynamic DNS Client experiences? > >Date: 04 Jul 2002 23:01:22 +0100 > > > >Thanks Adam (and everyone else that replied!), > > I think that ZoneEdit meets the requirements for what I have in > >mind here. Only, I'm drawn towards using ddclient for the dynamic DNS > >client on the gateway. Have you come across this client? What are your > >thoughts? > > > >Stacey > > > >On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 23:56, Adam Wood wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm hoping to get some of the list members' thoughts and > > > > experiences with various dynamic DNS client programs here. > > > > > > > > I'm interested in running some services from a home network, > > > > and I've decided to give the folks at ZoneEdit try - in case > > > > anyone's interested., > > > > > > > > So any suggestions, comments, experiences and gotchas that > > > > could assist me, are welcome. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I use ZoneEdit - they're great. Lynx (/usr/ports/www/lynx) works fin= e > > > for updating my address. I have a cron job that runs the following > > > script once a week. > > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > # Script to update IP address at ZoneEdit. > > > lynx -source -auth=3DUSERNAME:PASSWORD > > > 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=3Dwoodfucius.com' > > > > > > chmod the script to 700 and you're all set. > > > > > > Hope that helps, > > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- > >Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science > >Network Systems Engineer > ><< signature.asc >> >=20 > Stacey - >=20 > I have been using ddclient (with dyndns.org) without a problem for months= ...=20 > comes with it's own startup script and can be modified to suit your needs= ..=20 > quite easy and only takes a few minutes to setup. >=20 > Need a hand surely let me know. >=20 > Cheers > Chuck >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos:=20 > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message - --=20 Stacey Roberts B.Sc. 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