How to Make ClarkConnect Auto-update DynDNS IP Address from your desktop

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Howto Make ClarkConnect Auto-update DynDNS IP Address from your desktop in unix/clarkconnect
What you need:Putty
http://dc171.4shared.com/download/13...5c16/putty.exe

-A DynDNS account, free (as in cheap northerners FREE).
1) Install putty onto your Windows box
2) Putty into the Clark server and do:


wget Download ddclient from SourceForge.net
tar zxvf ddclient-3.7.3.tar.gz
cd ddclient* cp ddclient /usr/sbin
mkdir /etc/ddclient3) In your internet browser, log into DynDNS.com > Support > DNS Tools > Update Client Configurator> have it create the config text for ddclient. Copy this text onto clipboard. Then, in the Putty window,

Then do:

nano /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf4) Paste the clipboard, (alt-click the mouse in the Putty window) find the DynDNS account password and enter it in the space allotted, and crtl+o; <enter> crtl+x.

Then do:


ddclient -daemon=0 -query

cp sample-etc_rc.d_init.d_ddclient /etc/rc.d/init.d/ddclient

/sbin/chkconfig --add ddclient

Test by doing:


ddclientAs a final check, manually log into DynDNS.com: Free DNS Hosting, E-mail Delivery, and VPS Hosting (on the web) and change your IP address to something incorrect. Reboot the server, ( $ reboot in putty) check your DynDNS account webpage to see if the IPs have been correctly updated.