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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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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Previous posts on this topic appear to be outdated or not useful.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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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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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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How to use domain name to connect via ssh into your linux server

I have an own linux server (ngnix, gunicorn, python flask) connected it via dyndns to my frtizbox and to my domain and dyndns provider (selfhost.de). Now I would like to connect to this linux server using ssh like this: ssh username@domainname.de…
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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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