[misterhouse-users] Reworked internet_ip_update.pl

[Bill S. <bs...@vi...>]

Hi,

Attached is an updated internet_ip_update.pl file.  It *should* be a drop in
replacement for the one in the distribution.  It requires the pre/post
processing stuff Frank wrote and I sent to Bruce today so won't be usable
until a release of MH which contains those changes.

There are two new features and two feature 'tweaks':

a) Support for emailing when the server's IP changes.  If you wish to
receive email of the change, add the following to your config file (it sends
via the default mail configuration using net_mail_send)

ip_update_email=ema...@do...

b) The updating of a web page via FTP only occurs if $net_www_server is set.
For those (like Bruce) using this feature, this will already be set.  For
those who aren't (like me) MH will no longer attempt the ftp and error.

c) The Tk edit field is now displayed/updated at startup in addition to
every minute.

d) The system will now try to detect your IP address by remote query if the
below config file entry is defined.  This is usefull if your running MH on
an internal network in a NAT/IpMasquerade scenario and want to report the IP
address of the NAT/IpMasquerade box and not the internal address.  The
config entry should be exactly as below (keep the domain the same).  I will,
over time, identify additional servers we can use (and update the response
parsing accordingly).  If this entry is not added, the code uses
get_ip_address as before.

ip_update_url=http://ipid.shat.net

Bill