I can't seem to get ddclient configured. There are so many different options, and none are very well explained. Also, in the router section, it does not have mine (d-link). If some of you could post some of your configuration files as examples, it would be great. I'm using dyndns and running slackware 10.2. Thanks, Harley

I've stripped the comments out of mine:

How would I know if this works? When I start the ddclient will it do an immediate update?

So the "use=" part is the most important because it specifies where to get the IP from. Since you are behind a router, you need to either have ddclient get the IP address from the router using its status page, or get it from the web. There is built-in support for some D-Link routers (604 & 614+): "use=dlink-604, fw=<ip of router>:<port>" and "use=dlink-614, fw=<ip of router>:<port>" respectively.

Try this

$ ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose -noquiet

This is my result:
[root@intenso131 init.d]# /usr/sbin/ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose
-noquiet
=== opt ====
opt{cache} : <undefined>
opt{cmd} : <undefined>
opt{cmd-skip} : <undefined>
opt{daemon} : 0
opt{debug} : 1
opt{exec} : <undefined>
opt{facility} : <undefined>
opt{file} : <undefined>
opt{force} : <undefined>
opt{fw} : <undefined>
opt{fw-login} : <undefined>
opt{fw-password} : <undefined>
opt{fw-skip} : <undefined>
opt{geturl} : <undefined>
opt{help} : <undefined>
opt{host} : <undefined>
opt{if} : <undefined>
opt{if-skip} : <undefined>
opt{ip} : <undefined>
opt{login} : <undefined>
opt{mail} : <undefined>
opt{mail-failure} : <undefined>
opt{max-interval} : 1296000
opt{min-error-interval} : 300
opt{min-interval} : 30
opt{options} : <undefined>
opt{password} : <undefined>
opt{pid} : <undefined>
opt{priority} : <undefined>
opt{protocol} : <undefined>
opt{proxy} : <undefined>
opt{query} : <undefined>
opt{quiet} : 0
opt{retry} : <undefined>
opt{server} : <undefined>
opt{syslog} : <undefined>
opt{test} : <undefined>
opt{timeout} : <undefined>
opt{use} : <undefined>
opt{verbose} : 1
opt{web} : <undefined>
opt{web-skip} : <undefined>
=== globals ====
globals{daemon} : 60
globals{debug} : 1
globals{login} : tuntsfaah
globals{mail} : root
globals{mail-failure} : root
globals{password} : amandamidevil
globals{pid} : /var/run/ddclient.pid
globals{protocol} : dyndns2
globals{quiet} : 0
globals{server} : members.dyndns.org
globals{syslog} : 1
globals{use} : web
globals{verbose} : 1
globals{web} : checkip.dyndns.org/
globals{web-skip} : IP Address
globals{wildcard} : 1
=== config ====
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{atime} : 1147994941
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{backupmx} : 0
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{cacheable} : ARRAY(0x92e2b40)
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{custom} : 0
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{host} : intenso131.mine.nu
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{ip} : 67.149.44.46
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{login} : tuntsfaah
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{max-interval} : 1296000
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{min-error-interval} : 300
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{min-interval} : 30
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{mtime} : 1147994941
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{mx} :
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{password} : amandamidevil
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{protocol} : dyndns2
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{server} : members.dyndns.org
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{static} : 0
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{status} : good
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{warned-min-error-interval} : 0
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{warned-min-interval} : 0
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{wildcard} : 1
config{intenso131.mine.nu}{wtime} : 0
=== cache ====
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{atime} : 1147994941
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{backupmx} : 0
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{custom} : 0
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{host} : intenso131.mine.nu
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{ip} : 67.149.44.46
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{mtime} : 1147994941
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{mx} :
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{static} : 0
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{status} : good
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{warned-min-error-interval} : 0
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{warned-min-interval} : 0
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{wildcard} : 1
cache{intenso131.mine.nu}{wtime} : 0
CONNECT: checkip.dyndns.org
CONNECTED:
SENDING: GET / HTTP/1.0
SENDING: Host: checkip.dyndns.org
SENDING: User-Agent: ddclient/3.6.6
SENDING: Connection: close
SENDING:
RECEIVE: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
RECEIVE: Content-Type: text/html
RECEIVE: Server: DynDNS-CheckIP/0.1
RECEIVE: Connection: close
RECEIVE: Cache-Control: no-cache
RECEIVE: Pragma: no-cache
RECEIVE: Content-Length: 104
RECEIVE:
RECEIVE: <html><head><title>Current IP Check</title></head><body>Current
IP Address: 67.149.44.46</body></html>
DEBUG: get_ip: using web, checkip.dyndns.org/ reports 67.149.44.46
SUCCESS: intenso131.mine.nu: skipped: IP address was already set to
67.149.44.46.
Can't exec "sendmail": No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ddclient
line 1210.
ddclient: cannot execute command | sendmail -oi root.
[root@intenso131 init.d]#


So where did I go wrong?


This is my ddclient.conf:
######################################################################
##
## Define default global variables with lines like:
## var=value [, var=value]*
## These values will be used for each following host unless overridden
## with a local variable definition.
##
## Define local variables for one or more hosts with:
## var=value [, var=value]* host.and.domain[,host2.and.domain...]
##
## Lines can be continued on the following line by ending the line
## with a \
##
######################################################################
daemon=300 # check every 300 seconds
syslog=yes # log update msgs to syslog
mail=root # mail all msgs to root
mail-failure=root # mail failed update msgs to root
pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid # record PID in file.

#use=dlink-524, fw=192.168.0.1:80 # via Netgear's internet FW
#fw-login=admin fw-password=amandamidevil # FW login and password
#use=fw, fw=192.168.0.1/Status/st_devic.php, fw-skip='Connection'

use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.org/, web-skip='IP Address' # found after IP
Address

#use=web # via web

protocol=dyndns2 # default protocol
#proxy=fasthttp.sympatico.ca:80 # default proxy
server=members.dyndns.org # default server
#server=members.dyndns.org:8245 # default server (bypassing proxies)

login=my_login # default login
password=my_password # default password
#mx=mx.for.your.host # default MX
#backupmx=no # host is primary MX?
wildcard=yes # add wildcard CNAME?

server=members.dyndns.org, \
protocol=dyndns2 \
intenso131.mine.nu

tuntsfaah,

in the last post on this, may I suggest commenting out/devaluing any entries of the output of the ddclient daemon output with the values {login} and {password} in this post.

Please, for security sake, be mindful of personal information/output information being posted. :-) Good luck.