I can confirm that there seems to be a problem with Dyndns update. This bug affects SME5 but not the previous ES 4.1.2.
Dyndns requires that you "update" your info every 30 to 35 days or they will cancel your account, but that they don't want you updating more often if your IP is constant. Apparently SME5 does not perform this update because I just got an email from them saying that if I didn't update my account in the next 5 days my account would be cancelled. IIRC, uptime reported 35 days. Previously, I had ES 4.1.2 multiple months without receiving an update notice from Dyndns. SME5 was installed fresh on a "new" 166MHz box, and the security and mp3 blades installed. I have installed make-3.79.1-5.i386.rpm and CGI.pm-2.78 as the only custom changes to this box. At 03:08 PM 11/02/2001 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >If I'm not mistaking, e-smith does this once a week. Maybe the best way to >automate this would be a cron job that monitors the external IP, and as >soon as it changes runs the /etc/cron.weekly/ip-change file which has the >following command: > >#! /bin/bash > >exec /sbin/e-smith/signal-event ip-change `/sbin/e-smith/db configuration >get ExternalIP` > >Joost > > > > >"Mark Farey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >02-11-2001 15:00 >Please respond to markf > > > To: "'e-smith-devinfo'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] Dynamic IP service updates > > > >As a result of up-and-down power and Internet service connections I've had >the situation twice in the last couple of weeks where my SME5 server was >up >and running with Internet access, but with the wrong IP address registered >at dyndns.org. I get the impression that this may happen when my ISP goes >down and then comes back up again, but I'm surprised that the server >doesn't >recover from that automatically. > >In order to recover I've had to reboot or correct the IP address at >dyndns.org manually, and it occured to me that this might be a useful Web >Administration feature, since there is no reference at all to Dynamic DNS >in >the control panel. > >Would it make sense to add something to the control panel, and is there a >volunteer to do it? The panel could show the current status of the service >and have an "Update" button. I'm assuming it's pretty simple to do, but >I'm >sorry I don't have the necessary expertise, and don't know how the dynamic >DNS client is implemented on the server. > >Regards, >Mark. >Ottawa, Canada. > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.292 / Virus Database: 157 - Release Date: 10/26/2001 > > > >-- >Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues >Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > > > > > >-- >Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues >Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.293 / Virus Database: 158 - Release Date: 10/29/2001 -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
