| INADYN(8) | System Manager's Manual (smm) | INADYN(8) |
inadyn — a small
DDNS client to maintain your presence on the Internet
inadyn |
[-a,
--alias ALIAS[,HASH]]
[-b, --background]
[-B, --bind IFNAME]
[-d, --drop-privs USER[:GROUP]]
[-e, --exec SCRIPT]
[-f, --forced-update SEC]
[-F, --config FILE]
[-L, --logfile FILE]
[-P, --pidfile FILE]
[-c, --cachefile FILE]
[-s, --syslog]
[-h, --help]
[-i, --iface IFNAME]
[-n, --iterations NUM]
[-H, --checkip-url SERVER[:PORT] URL]
[-N, --server-name SERVER[:PORT]]
[-U, --server-url PATH]
[-S, --system PROVIDER]
[-t, --test]
[-T, --period SEC]
[-u, --username USERNAME]
[-p, --password PASSWORD]
[-v, --version]
[-V, --verbose LEVEL]
[-w, --wildcard]
[-x, --proxy-server SERVER[:PORT]] |
inadyn is a client for
“open” name servers, also known as DDNS service providers.
That is, it lets you have a public Internet name for your DHCP/PPPoE
assigned system. Some of these services are free of charge for
non-commercial use, others take a small fee, but also provide more domains
to choose from.
Common DDNS service providers supported by
inadyn:
The basic operation of inadyn is to
periodically check whether the actual Internet accessible IP of your system
is the same one that is recorded in the name server, and update the name
server records when there is a mismatch.
-h,
--help-u,
--username USERNAME-p,
--password PASSWORD-a,
--alias ALIAS-F,
--config FILEinadyn command options
exactly as specified in the command line syntax (adds to those already
present on the cmd line). The default configuration file name,
/etc/inadyn.conf, is looked at automatically if
inadyn is called without any command line options.
The format is as expected for a UNIX config file; the hash character is
used to comment entire lines. Spaces are ingored. The long options may be
specified without -- if placed at the beginning of the line.-H,
--checkip-url
SERVER[:PORT]
URL-N,
--server-name
SERVER[:PORT]--system
option so that the default servers will be taken. The option is useful for
generic DynDNS services that support HTTP update.-U,
--server-url PATH-S,
--system
email@ddns-service.tlddefault@dyndns.orgdefault@freedns.afraid.orgdefault@zoneedit.comdefault@no-ip.comdefault@easydns.comdefault@tzo.comdyndns@3322.orgdefault@dnsomatic.comipv6tb@he.netdyndns@he.netdefault@dynsip.orgdefault@sitelutions.comdefault@dnsexit.comdefault@changeip.comcustom@http_svr_basic_auth-x,
--proxy-server
SERVER[:PORT]-T,
--period SEC-f,
--forced-update SEC--L,
--logfile FILE---syslog option, below.-b,
--background-V,
--verbose LEVEL-n,
--iterations NUM-s,
--syslog-d,
--drop-privs
USER[:GROUP]-B,
--bind IFNAME-i,
--iface IFNAME-P,
--pidfile FILE-c,
--cachefile FILE-e,
--exec SCRIPT--iface option used.-w,
--wildcardinadyn < 1.96.3 wildcarding was enabled by
default.-t,
--testinadyn -u username -p
password -a my.registered.name
inadyn --username
username --password password --period 60 --alias
test.homeip.net --alias my.second.domain
inadyn --background -u
test -p test --period 60 --alias test.homeip.net
--alias my.second.domain --logfile
inadyn_srv.log
inadyn --system
default@freedns.afraid.org -u username -p password
-a my.registrated.name
inadyn -u username -p
password --period 60 --alias test.homeip.net
-a my.second.domain --system
default@freedns.afraid.org
The “hash” is automatically retrieved by
inadyn using freedns API.
inadyn prints a message when the IP is
updated. If no update is needed then by default it prints a single
“.” character, unless --verbose is set
to 0. Therefore, unless
--verbose is set to 0, the log
file will contains lot of dots. When the connection goes down it could be
that inadyn will print some error messages. Those
are harmless and should be followed by “OK” messages after the
connection is back up.
inadyn responds to the following
signals:
inadyn. The configuration file is reread
every time this signal is evoked. It is also useful when a new DHCP/PPPoE
lease or new gateway is received. Please note that
inadyn does not track such events by itself. You
need an external monitor for that.inadyn gracefully.For convenience in sending signals, inadyn
writes its process ID to /var/run/inadyn/inadyn.pid
upon startup.
inadyn.conf(5)
The inadyn home page is
http://github.com/troglobit/inadyn
inadyn was written by
Narcis Ilisei
⟨inarcis2002@hotpop.com⟩, Steve Horbachuk and
later Joachim Nilsson
⟨troglobit@gmail.com⟩.
This manual page was initially written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by Shaul Karl ⟨shaul@debian.org⟩. Later Joachim Nilsson picked up maintenance.
| October 31, 2010 | Debian |