Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:37:06 +0100 From: kelvin woods <kelvin@zednaught.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Ido Admon <rhingael@mscc.huji.ac.il> Subject: Re: Execute command upon interface initialization? Message-ID: <20070417203706.GA73612@zednaught.net> In-Reply-To: <44slazklgi.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20070417145352.M39800@mscc.huji.ac.il> <20070417161636.GA29490@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <44slazklgi.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 12:35:41PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 06:02:25PM +0300, Ido Admon wrote:
> >> Hello list,
> >> I couldn't find any way to execute an arbitrary command upon network
> >> interface initialization. My situations is that I have and ethernet card
> >> that takes DHCP from a cables provider (not a fixed IP address) and I
> >> need to update a DynDNS hostname everytime it does (everytime the IP
> >> changes).
> >> I couldn't find a way to execute shell commands using the rc system or
> >> dhclient, what did I miss?
> >
> > dhclient-script(8)? Maybe devd(8) will work as well.
Just in case you don't manage to find the appropriate text...
You'll need to create (in this instance) an /etc/dhclient-exit-hooks
script. An excerpt from mine is below, you'll need to create your own
"update_ddns" function to update your DynDNS entry.
if test "$reason" = "RENEW" || test "$reason" = "BOUND"; then
# The old lease has been renewed or the interface is being re-bound.
if test "$old_ip_address" != "$new_ip_address"; then
# IP address has changed -- update DDNS entry.
update_ddns
fi
fi
Hope it helps.
>
> devd won't work as well, because the timing is a bit off (even if you
> only get new addresses at boot time, which isn't guaranteed.
>
> dhclient-script already has a capability ("hooks") for running scripts
> at the appropriate times. If you check the mailing list archive, I
> know I have previously posted the script I used to use for exactly the
> same purpose.
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kelvin
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