Topic: ddclient installation problems - ddclient rpm?

[gizmo911uk]

Hi

I have a domain with dyndns.org i've been lookin at there website and think that ddclient would do the job i need, but i got no idea how to install it. Is there a handy rpm for sme server or even a guide i could follow?

Many Thanks in advance

[raem]

gizmo911uk

I assume you are hosting this domain on a sme server.

In the Configure this server screen (logon as admin) there is the facility to configure your dyndns account details. The sme server will automatically update the dyndns records when your IP changes.

You don't need ddclient.

PS Have you read the sme manual, I suggest you do.

[gizmo911uk]

The thing is though i have my server set up as 'server only', my router acts as my geteway/firewall and i don't really want to change this.

Is there a way i could enable the inbuilt dynamic dns client in sme server and still keep my current setup?

what do you recommend?

[berdie]

You can use the brillant rpm from Vincent Filali-Ansary.
Here's is the link:
http://smeserver.free.fr/filessme6/rpms/sme-ddclient-2.0-10.noarch.rpm
Installation: rpm -ivh *.rpm
Rgds.
Dietmar

[gizmo911uk]

hi, thanks for th info

how do i go about configuring it for my dyndns account?

[gizmo911uk]

From what i can see i cannot see a ddclient panel that was supposedly meant to be added to the SME server-manager when sme-ddclient-2.0-10.noarch.rpm is installed.

Yet it is definitely installed as i am getting "WARNING:  cannot connect to checkip.dyndns.org:8245 socket: IO::Socket::INET: Timeout" error emails.

[boss_hog]

Hey gizmo911uk,
scroll down in the server-manager and see if you have a new entry
on the left (Panels) called "unknown".
If you do click on that.
To get rid of the "unknown" Panel run this command as root:

/etc/e-smith/events/actions/navigation-conf

Then you should see the proper name of the panel.
Good luck
Joe

[gizmo911uk]

Theres no new panel or anything differnt about all the links on the left hand side of server-manager.

I ran the command "/etc/e-smith/events/actions/navigation-conf" to see it anything would change.

In reply to this command i got lines and lines of:
print() on unopened filehandle esmith::FormMagick::LOG at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm line 401, <DATA> line 29152.
Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm line 401, <DATA> line 29862.
print() on unopened filehandle esmith::FormMagick::LOG at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm line 401, <DATA> line 29862.
Use of uninitialized value in open at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm line 421, <LEXIN> chunk 305.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm line 421, <LEXIN> chunk 305.
Can't open lexicon file : No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm line 421, <LEXIN> chunk 305.
readline() on closed filehandle esmith::FormMagick::LEXIN at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/FormMagick.pm line 422, <LEXIN> chunk 305.
 
which means nothing to me at all, and still no dd client on the panels.

heres a screen dump of my server-manager:

[raem]

gizmo911uk

> Theres no new panel or anything differnt about all > the links on the left hand side of server-manager.

Check the rpm is actually installed
rpm -q sme-ddclient

If not try installing it again
rpm -Uvh sme-ddclient-2.0-10.noarch.rpm



> I ran the command "/etc/e-smith/events/actions/navigation-conf"....

When runninng that command the errors are normal and can be ignored.

[boss_hog]

Hey gizmo911uk,
is the screen shot you posted yours??
Right under "Configuration" is a
Panel called "Dynamic Clients", right?
So....
Joe

[gizmo911uk]

boss_hog:your right, don't believe it but never actually noticed it when i took the screen dump  

ah well all working now.

many thanks for all your help