ddclient and Start Script Question
 

Hello all,

I have run Slackware linux on my desktops and laptop for the past three years and I recently decided to try using Debian. I am trying to put together an FTP server that will also host a chat program I am writing.

I am having a problem with ddclient(and an homelinux.net address) and Debian. When I orignially installed ddclient via apt-get it ran me through a little configuration program. In that program it asked me how often I wanted to wait between checking the IP address and I put 60m(60 minutes). However now I realize that wasn't too smart and I can't figure out how to set it to a shorter time. I tried adding the following line to my /etc/ddclient.conf

daemon=300

This still doesn't do anything. If I do "ps ax | grep ddclient" it shows that the client is being run with the setting still at 60m. I'm assuming this is set somewhere in one of Debian's startup scripts, but I'm new to Debian and cannot find it. Is there a way to manually set this or to re-run that configuration tool that apt-get let me use?

Also, does anyone know what the "uses= " line should read if I am behind a linksys router?

Thanks,
Chris

I'm not familiar with setting up FTP servers but you can usually re-run these post-installation scripts with "dpkg-reconfigure package_name" -- in this case it would be "dpkg-reconfigure ddclient". You can also install gkdebconf utility that allows you to view the available dpkg-reconfigure scripts on your system via a GUI frontend.

replace 192.168.1.1 with your router's local address if different

Solved here http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...12#post2014112