Re: [Ddclient-support] unable to find the ip address

[wimpunk <wi...@us...>]

Hi,

On 16/10/14 14:19, Ian Balchin wrote:
> Hi
>
> Whatever I do I cannot get the ip address.
>
> use=if, if=etho (returns local net ip address and will not connect to update)
> use=if, if=ppp0 (reports <undefined>)

This setting means that ddclient will try to fetch the IP from the 
interface with that name on the device it is running.

>
> If I log into the adsl router it does show the correct ip address so it is there.

If you want to get the address from a router, you will probably need a 
router configuration, not a interface configuration.

>
> It used to work, then we had issues with the machine which revolved around permissions.
> Could this be a permissions issue somehow?


You would get a permission denied somewhere if it was a permission problem.

>
> Otherwise the ddclient.conf file seems correct and normal.
>
>   daemon=20m
>   syslog=yes
>   cache=/tmp/ddclient.cache
>   pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid
>   protocol=dyndns2
>   use=if, if=eth0
>   server=update.activedns.co.za
>

If this is normal for you, then it will get the ip from your interface 
eth0 end use that to update.  I hope you also have your credentials and 
correct hostname in the file.
Running ddclient as `ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose -noquiet` will 
probably give you more info on what is going wrong.

Regards,

wimpunk.