ez-ipupdate (8) Linux Manual Page

ez-ipupdate – dynamic DNS client

Synopsis

ez-ipupdate [options]

Description

This manual page documents briefly the ez-ipupdate dynamic DNS client.

Options

ez-ipupdate follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-‘).

-a, –address <ip address>

string to send as your ip address

-b, –cache-file <file>

file to use for caching the ipaddress

-c, –config-file <file>

configuration file, almost all arguments can be given with: <name>[=<value>] to see a list of possible config commands try "echo help | ez-ipupdate -c -"

-d, –daemon

run as a daemon periodicly updating if necessary

-e, –execute <command>

shell command to execute after a successful update

-f, –foreground

when running as a daemon run in the foreground

-F, –pid-file <file>

use <file> as a pid file

-g, –request-uri <uri>

URI to send updates to

-h, –host <host>

string to send as host parameter

-i, –interface <iface>

which interface to use

-L, –cloak_title <host>

some stupid thing for DHS only

-m, –mx <mail exchange>

string to send as your mail exchange

-M, –max-interval <# of sec> max time in between updates

-N, –notify-email <email>

address to send mail to if bad things happen

-o, –offline

set to off line mode

-p, –resolv-period <sec>

period to check IP if it can’t be resolved

-P, –period <# of sec>

period to check IP in daemon mode (default: 1800 seconds)

-q, –quiet

be quiet

-r, –retrys <num>

number of trys (default: 1)

-R, –run-as-user <user>

change to <user> for running, be ware that this can cause problems with handeling SIGHUP properly if that user can’t read the config file. also it can’t write it’s pid file to a root directory

-Q, –run-as-euser <user>

change to effective <user> for running, this is NOT secure but it does solve the problems with run-as-user and config files and pid files.

-s, –server <server[:port]>

the server to connect to

-S, –service-type <server>

the type of service that you are using try one of: null ezip pgpow dhs dyndns dyndns-static dyndns-custom ods tzo easydns easydns-partner gnudip justlinux dyns hn zoneedit heipv6tb

-t, –timeout <sec.millisec>

the amount of time to wait on I/O

-T, –connection-type <num>

number sent to TZO as your connection type (default: 1)

-U, –url <url>

string to send as the url parameter

-u, –user <user[:passwd]>

user ID and password, if either is left blank they will be prompted for

-w, –wildcard

set your domain to have a wildcard alias

-z, –partner <partner>

specify easyDNS partner (for easydns-partner services)

–help

display this help and exit

–version

output version information and exit

–credits

print the credits and exit

–signalhelp

print help about signals

Author

This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam [at] zoy.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).