On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 13:14, Karl Bowden wrote: > I have a script on a remote box that checks every so often from cron > what the ip address is and if it changes then uploads the change to my > ftp server, because the remote box is on a telstra cable connection and > the owner of the box still finds it difficult to find the ip address > when ever something goes wrong, and I have to ssh in. The script will > have the username and password hardcoded.
dynamic dns might be a better bet - less hacky, and there are scripts that do the updating for you. http://www.dyndns.org I think HTH James. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
