Re: [gentoo-user] replacement for ddclient?

2023-06-04 Thread Jack
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

Re: [gentoo-user] replacement for ddclient?

2023-06-04 Thread 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

[gentoo-user] replacement for ddclient?

2023-06-04 Thread Grant Edwards
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