SO then.... I didn't get a host name.
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net>wrote:

> From: Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
> > I think I like DYNDNS and SSH (I don't like needing to keep a program
> > running) but the man page for DDNS is so confusing! ANy pointers?
>
> Register with dyndns.org .  Note your username, password, and hostname.
> Install ddclient.  Edit /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf so it contains
> something
> like so:
>
> # start ddclient.conf
> daemon=600                              # check every 10 min
> syslog=yes                              # log update msgs to syslog
> mail=SOMEBODY@EXAMPLE.ORG               # mail all msgs to somebody
> mail-failure=root                       # mail failed update msgs to root
> pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid
> use=if,                     if=eth0             # via external NIC
> login=DYDNS_LOGIN
> password=DYNDNS_PASSWORD
> server=members.dyndns.org,              \
> protocol=dyndns2                        \
> DYNDNS_HOSTNAME
> # end ddclient.conf
>
> /etc/init.d/ddclient start , then "chkconfig ddclient on" or whatever.
>  This
> should work to get you started.  There are *a lot* of options to ddclient.
> Some of them might be useful somewhere; that's what you'll have to figure
> out
> on your own....
>
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