ddclient on SuSe: how do I install

[ccorti]

I want to use ddclient with my DynDNS account and I am new to SuSe. I thought ddclient would be on the distribution, but I cannot find it. Assuming I have to download and install it, how do I install and have the service start on bootup? (If if is on the distro, please tell me how to find it - I already did an unsuccessful search).

Thanks in advance.

Chris

[oldcpu]

Guru packages the ddclient here:
http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-...work/ddclient/

You need to create an account on dyndns web site creating: "ccorti-computer.homelinux.net" (or something that you like).

You also need to configure and install a ddclient.conf either in /etc/cron.d/ or in /etc (I can't remember which). Also, modify the ddclient file permissions with something like:
chmod 755 /etc/cron.d/ddclient.conf (put the path where ddclient is located).

Your ddclient.conf config file should look something like:

# Basic configuration file for ddclient
#
# /etc/ddclient.conf

daemon=600
pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid
use=web, web=checkip.dyndns.org/, web-skip='IP Address'
login=ccorti-username
password=ccorti-password
protocol=dyndns2
server=members.dyndns.org
wildcard=YES
ccorti-computer.homelinux.net
# custom=yes, example.com

You need to configure that ddclient.conf (above) for your login/password/web-address.

I don't know about boot up, but to have it update every 15-minutes, you could modify your crontab, adding something like:

*/15  * * * *   root  /usr/sbin/ddclient -daemon=0 -syslog -quiet

[framp]

If you invoke 'ddclient' in /etc/init.d/boot.local you don't need a cron entry.