You could try something like the following : lynx -dump --accept_all_cookies http://ip2location.com | grep "IP Address :" | mail -s "IP Address" *n...@domain.com*
**Don't forget to change the email address at the end You could insert this into the crontab to run at whatever interval is suitable - even better would be to dump the IP address to a file and then compare the output and only send an email when it has changed Martin On 17 February 2011 21:34, Bartosz Dubiel <dzide...@gmail.com> wrote: > First of all hello to all of you, > > I'm new here, as watching this mailing list only for couple months > now. Unfortunately I couldn't come for any of PLUG meetings to date > and will not be able to come for next few months as my partner expects > our first baby :) (which will keep me busy for some time). > > I've question which you probably will be able to answer... > > There are two machines in Poland, they are running Ubuntu 10.04. They > are connected over ADSL with dynamic IP, each time when I need gain > access to SSH or VNC I must ask someone to give me a current IP > address. You can probably imagine how annoying it is. I don't want to > use services like DDNS and I'm looking for other solution. > > And there is my question... How can I force remote machine to send a > message with it's IP to my computer, let say twice every day. > > I was considering connection (on specific port) which will bounce > from my VM Hubs firewall... I do not need a log file on my machine... > > any solutions is much appreciated > > My system is Linux Mint 10 (Gnome), connected to a virgin media cable (VM > Hub) > > Best Regards > Bartosz Dubiel > > PS. my apologies for poor English but eventually I'll get better :) > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >
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