On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Leslie Jensen <les...@eskk.nu> wrote: > Hello list. > > I'm quite new to Openbsd, have used Freebsd for a while. > > I have a newly installed Openbsd system. > OpenBSD machine01.no-ip.org 4.8 GENERIC.MP#335 amd64 > > Upon installation of noip I ran the command noip2 -C to configure it. > > I want noip to run a script every 30 minutes that sends a mail to me at the > end of the updating of the address. > > So I choose the settings accordingly when configuring noip. > > I've put the following in my /etc/rc.local > > ------------------------------------------ > # Add your local startup actions here. > > /usr/local/sbin/noip2 & > > echo '.' > ------------------------------------------ > > When the machine is booted I get the mail, but I do not get the updates > every 30 minutes as I should. > > I cannot see if the the daemon starts because the line at the startup screen > shows only "starting local daemons:," > > The command: > # ps -aux | grep noip > > Gives > > _noip B B 6013 B 0.0 B 0.2 B 428 B 916 ?? B Is B B 10:04AM B B 0:00.01 > /usr/local/sb > > Top shows the process > 6013 _noip B B B 2 B B 0 B 428K B 916K idle B B B select B B 0:00 B 0.00% noip2 > > If I kill that process and start noip2 from the command line it also sends > the mail at start up but not after the following 30 minutes. > > I'm not sure whether noip is running every 30 minutes I've been tailing > /var/log/messages and I cannot see anything related to noip there. > > Can anyone on this list point me in the right direction? > > Thanks > > /Leslie > >
cron(8), maybe?
