Topic: Zone Edit Dynamic DNS

[David]

Has anyone got zone edit dynamic DNS working with 5.1.2.?

I have searched through the old posts and find everything but a clear how-to set it up. As I understand it you select custom add your user name and password for dynamic dns. but where do you add the strings to allow the server to access the dns server?

[Paulvan Dun]

Hello David,


I've used zoneedit to connect my assigned ip address (they say it's dynamic but it hasn't changed the last 6 months or so), to my url http://www.verkenners.net.
Could you be more specific for e.g. what is your assigned ip-address or does it change every single day.
Or do you want to know what to setup in zoneedit ?

Regards,


Paul van Dun

[tmp]

Yes

I use a perl script that checks if the IP has changed and if it has it then updates zoneedit.

[Paulvan Dun]

These are my settings:iew "verkenners.net"
                        IP Addresses:Domain Name   IP Address
                        mail.verkenners.net   212.187.117.85
                         
                        Mail Servers:
                        DomainServer   Rank
                        verkenners.netmail.verkenners.net   0
                         
                        WebForwards:New Domain   Destination
                        verkenners.net   http://212.187.117.85
                        www.verkenners.net   http://212.187.117.85
                        zomerkamp2001.verkenners.net  
                        http://www.van-dun7.myweb.nl
                         
                        MailForwards:
                         
                        WebPark™:
                         
                        Nameservers:
                        ns3.zoneedit.com   209.61.140.1
                        ns4.zoneedit.com   216.98.150.236


I hope this is usefull for you, is http://www.e-smith.net the same as http://www.mitel.com ?


Regards,

Paul van Dun
The Netherlands

[David]

Thanks Paulvan and tmp. I use zoneedit and e-smith on several site with fixed IP no problems. I am trying to setup a connection for someone who has signed for an 18 month contract on a service which only offers dynamic ip.
The Telstra connection they have will change IP at least once a day.

My problem is in how to setup e-smith. Tmp if you have zone edit scripts I would like a few details on how these are implemented.

Thanks all for the help.

[Ale]

David:
have you used the perl script and configuration settings described in dynamic section of zoneedit?
there is a client perl script to download and a few changes to be made to your box in order to let dns know where is in numbers your box
I have not used it since i got fixed ip but it worked ok
A

[tmp]

I have built an RPM to install all of my changes for SME server and zone edit is one of them.

If you can hang on for a few hours I will re do the RPM with just zone edit.

I can then post on my web site for you.

[tmp]

if you need the RPM it's here

http://www.drbig.co.uk/sdownload/index.php?catid=24

[David]

Thanks Tmp excellent site you have there I'll go try out this rpm and report back.

Thanyou everyone for assistance.

[Des Dougan]

You use /sbin/e-smith/dynamic-dns/custom

Mine is like this (domain name edited):

#!/bin/sh
# Description: Put your description here

#------------------------------------------------------------
# Custom dynamic DNS update handler.
#------------------------------------------------------------

IPADDR=$1
USERID=$2
PASSWD=$3
DOMAIN=$4

#------------------------------------------------------------
# Your handler starts here.
#------------------------------------------------------------

wget -O - --http-user=$USERID --http-passwd=$PASSWD 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=www.domainname.com'
wget -O - --http-user=$USERID --http-passwd=$PASSWD 'http://dynamic.zoneedit.com/auth/dynamic.html?host=mail.domainname.com'

#------------------------------------------------------------
# Your handler ends here.
#------------------------------------------------------------

exit 0

That's it - works really well.


Des Dougan

[Charlie]

Sorry for asking such a dumb question but, I assume I replace $2 with my ID, $3 with password, and $4 with my domain name. What do I do with $1?

Also, can I repeat this script for multiple domains? Do I just copy it to lower lines?

Thanks in advance.

[David]

Thanks Des. I'm getting less M$ everyday and loving it.

[Des Dougan]

You need do nothing - e-smith will fill in the blanks, assuming you configured it to use custom when you set the system up.

You can repeat the script - note I have two hostnames configured, and the concept is the same. It should work as long as the user name and password are the same on the ZoneEdit site.