Hi Ed,
On Sat, June 7, 2008 8:25 pm, Edward Kerr wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am about to include about this script in my /etc/rc.local file
>
> It logs me in to OpenDNS
>
> Before I bore you with the script - which I found on the web - my
> question is:
>
> How can I get it to produce an output in a log / text file so I can see
> what it did and if it was successful?
>
> Here is the script:
>
>
>
>
> UNAME=xxx # username
> PWORD=xxx # password (plaintext, sorry!)
> TEMP=/tmp/tmp.ddns # temporary file
> ERROR=5 # times to retry
>
> trap cleanup 1 2 3 6
> cleanup()
> {
> rm $TEMP
> exit 1
> }
>
> update()
> {
> wget --quiet --no-check-certificate -O $TEMP
> 'http://'$UNAME':'$PWORD'@updates.dnsomatic.com/nic/update?'
>
> if [ `cat $TEMP | grep -c good` = 1 ]
> then
> logger OpenDNS updated successfully
> else
> while [ $ERROR -gt 0 ]; do
> ERROR=$(($ERROR-1))
> sleep 10s
> update
> done
> logger OpenDNS update failed
> fi
> }
>
> update
> rm $TEMP
> exit 0
>
>
>
>
> I have tried to find a file called /tmp/tmp.ddns after running the
> script, but it is not there!
Comment out the 'rm $TEMP' line and you will be able to find it.
Is this to keep your dynamic DNS address updated?
Malc
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