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Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on Dynamic DNS Network Services' free DNS service.

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How to run .desktop icon from sudo

I have created a desktop icon for the gddccontrol, but to run it I need to execute it from sudo. Is there a way to run a command from the desktop icon like, sudo -pPASSWORD gddccontrol so it won't ask me for the password in the terminal? I just…
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ddclient Running Info

ddclient seems powerful, however the only status message I can see is that it is running, by doing sudo /etc/init.d/ddclient status. Is it possible to check what current ip is cached? since when? what's the time left until the next check? what's the…
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How do I verify DDCLIENT is using SSL and if it's not, how do I force it?

I have been following this guide on setting up VPN on my pi. Part of the steps are to set up and configure a dynamic dns service. I have created several accounts across multiple platforms. No Ip and dynamicdns are two to name. Below is an output of…
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Why is ddclient giving me an "Invalid IP" error when trying to update dynamic DNS?

I am having a really hard time getting ddclient (which updates OpenDNS with my current IP address) to work. I have it running as a daemon, but it never succeeds in updating my IP address at openDNS. To troubleshoot, I am running ddclient from the…
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How can I get ddclient to work with freedns?

I use the dynamic DNS service at freedns.afraid.org for my 12.04 server. I had assumed that the protocols would be standardised and that ddclient would just work, but apparently not. I get this message in /var/log/syslog: ERROR: Invalid update URL…
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ddclient: Invalid Value for keyword 'ip' = '' (Dynamic DNS)

Previous posts on this topic appear to be outdated or not useful. Running 17.04 on a Pine64. When running ddclient with dynu.com service I get an email with the following error (*** where I deleted values for privacy): WARNING: file…
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Configure IP updater for OpenDNS

I would like to configure an IP updater for OpenDNS. What packages I need to install? What configuration is necessary? I'm not asking about how to include the OpenDNS servers in my /etc/resolv.conf.
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ddclient updates every time and logs 'nochg: No update required'

I have installed ddclient on my server and it seems to work. However, I get these warnings in my syslog: nochg: No update required; unnecessary attempts to change to the current address are considered abusive Obviously, ddclient fires the update…
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ddclient with google domains dynamic DNS to ssh into my desktop

So I want to be able to SSH into my home desktop. I set up port forwarding on my router, and was able to ssh into my machine ssh alex@2601:647:4802:b000:e938:d8b5:6111:e0fb When I restart the machine, the IP address changes, so I'd like to set up…
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How can I make NetworkManager call ddclient automatically

How can I make ddclient update my dyndns address whenever NetworkManager makes or cuts a connection?
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Restrict ddclient updates to home network

I already have ddclient 3.8.2 working with OpenDNS. I'm running it on my laptop. I may travel with my laptop, and so I don't want to update the IP if I'm not home. How do I restrict ddclient to update the IP only if I'm on my home network? This…
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run ddclient as a service in 16.04

there is no description of how to do this on the github wiki or sourceforge wiki just how to There is a file /etc/default/ddclient # Configuration for ddclient scripts # generated from debconf on Thu Jul 27 17:32:33 ACST 2017 # #…
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Google Domains DDNS with DDclient on Ubuntu

Evening everyone, I asked the same question on stack overflow here however it has been a several days and almost no views and no hints. I am using ddclient to update google domains with my ip. However I am always getting the error: WARNING: …
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ddclient not working without sudo

When I run ddclient (DynamicDns Updator) without sudo, I get WARNING: file /etc/ddclient.conf: Cannot open file '/etc/ddclient.conf'. (Permission denied) stat() on closed filehandle FD at /usr/sbin/ddclient line 934. Use of uninitialized value…
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Is there a way to pause ddclient?

I use ddclient to update my OpenDNS account for my home network (the router doesn't have this capability). Recently, I've been traveling and, at times, when my laptop joins another network it automatically updates that network's ip to my account…
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