Re: [gentoo-user] replacement for ddclient?
I may have an explanation. How did you run ddclient when you got that error? I think its check for ownership is very specific, and if you just run ddclient from command line as either yourself or root, you are not the owner (ddclient) of the file. When run as a service (rc-service ddclient start, in my case) the process is owned by ddclient, so the ownership matches. Also - that is just a warning, not an error, so it should work anyway. Jack On 6/4/23 10:42, Grant Edwards wrote: Can anybody recommend a replacement for ddclient as a dynamic IP service updater? I've been trying to use it for decades, and there have been periods when it works as it's supposed to. But, usually it doesn't, and I'm sick of fighting with it. At the moment, it _always_ tries to do an update for reasons I can't figure out. It has also started says that the last update attempt failed even though it worked fine. I've tried deleting the cache file so many times I've lost count, but that never helps. It has also started warning about the file mode for /etc/ddclient.conf even though it's set exactly the way the warning says to set it: # ls -l /etc/ddclient.conf -r 1 ddclient ddclient 509 Jun 3 08:36 /etc/ddclient.conf # ddclient WARNING: file /etc/ddclient.conf: file /etc/ddclient.conf should be owned only by ddclient or not be writable. WARNING: file /etc/ddclient.conf: file /etc/ddclient.conf should be owned only by ddclient or not be writable. CONNECT: checkip.dynu.com (IPv4) CONNECTED: using SSL And then it _doesn't_ warn you when it's unable to create a cache file or find a cache file (which then causes it to misbehave). I keep thinking that the next update might fix things, and sometimes it does, but then something else is usually broken. -- Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] replacement for ddclient?
On 6/4/23 10:42, Grant Edwards wrote: Can anybody recommend a replacement for ddclient as a dynamic IP service updater? I've been trying to use it for decades, and there have been periods when it works as it's supposed to. But, usually it doesn't, and I'm sick of fighting with it. At the moment, it _always_ tries to do an update for reasons I can't figure out. It has also started says that the last update attempt failed even though it worked fine. I've tried deleting the cache file so many times I've lost count, but that never helps. It has also started warning about the file mode for /etc/ddclient.conf even though it's set exactly the way the warning says to set it: # ls -l /etc/ddclient.conf -r 1 ddclient ddclient 509 Jun 3 08:36 /etc/ddclient.conf # ddclient WARNING: file /etc/ddclient.conf: file /etc/ddclient.conf should be owned only by ddclient or not be writable. WARNING: file /etc/ddclient.conf: file /etc/ddclient.conf should be owned only by ddclient or not be writable. CONNECT: checkip.dynu.com (IPv4) CONNECTED: using SSL I have ddclient installed, and in my case /etc/ddclient.conf is 600 not 400, but I get the same error. However, it appears it isn't actually running, so I actually have no idea how my IP is getting updated. In addition, looking at the project's github page, although there is still some activity, the current lead is not working on it, so it might be time to look for a replacement. And then it _doesn't_ warn you when it's unable to create a cache file or find a cache file (which then causes it to misbehave). I keep thinking that the next update might fix things, and sometimes it does, but then something else is usually broken. -- Grant
[gentoo-user] replacement for ddclient?
Can anybody recommend a replacement for ddclient as a dynamic IP service updater? I've been trying to use it for decades, and there have been periods when it works as it's supposed to. But, usually it doesn't, and I'm sick of fighting with it. At the moment, it _always_ tries to do an update for reasons I can't figure out. It has also started says that the last update attempt failed even though it worked fine. I've tried deleting the cache file so many times I've lost count, but that never helps. It has also started warning about the file mode for /etc/ddclient.conf even though it's set exactly the way the warning says to set it: # ls -l /etc/ddclient.conf -r 1 ddclient ddclient 509 Jun 3 08:36 /etc/ddclient.conf # ddclient WARNING: file /etc/ddclient.conf: file /etc/ddclient.conf should be owned only by ddclient or not be writable. WARNING: file /etc/ddclient.conf: file /etc/ddclient.conf should be owned only by ddclient or not be writable. CONNECT: checkip.dynu.com (IPv4) CONNECTED: using SSL And then it _doesn't_ warn you when it's unable to create a cache file or find a cache file (which then causes it to misbehave). I keep thinking that the next update might fix things, and sometimes it does, but then something else is usually broken. -- Grant
