[SOLVED] ddclient

[Phil Dobbin]

On 01/31/2013 05:09 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 01/31/2013 03:55 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> ...
>> Hi, JD.
>>
>> I'm extremely grateful. That works like a charm.
> 
> I highly recommend using ssl.
> 
> My ddclient.conf:
> 
> # Configuration file for ddclient generated by debconf
> #
> # /etc/ddclient.conf
> daemon=3600 <== =========== I don't find it necessary to update so often
> pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid
> ssl=yes <======================== add this line
> use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.com/, web-skip='IP Address'
> protocol=dyndns2
> server=members.dyndns.org
> login=myusername
> password='mypassword'
> my.domain.name
> 
> http://dyn.com/support/clients/linux/ddclient/
> [Secure Updates
> Since 3.7.0, ddclient support ssl updates. To use ssl, put “ssl=yes” in
> your configuration and make sure you have IO::Socket::SSL.]
> 
> Note: you can also use the online config tool:
> https://account.dyn.com/tools/clientconfig.html
> 
> and see:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DynamicDNS

Thanks for those.

I'm using Zone Edit however so dyn.com is different/not relevant & in
the Ubuntu community doc above there are several mistakes (as an
example: they quote `password='myDynDNSuserpassword'` in their config
file. If you enclose your password in single quotes, you'll get an
authentication error).

Having spent a night Googling ddclient & how to's, I was surprised & no
little irritated to find that there wasn't a simple, sure-fire way to
get it to work. That's where JD came in & saved my bacon so to speak ;-)

Cheers,

  Phil...

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