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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I've used FreeDNS for dynamically
hosting a domain @ home for years. <br>
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<a href="https://freedns.afraid.org/">https://freedns.afraid.org/</a><br>
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However, I suspect that he is more interested in something like
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DynDNS, which appears to no longer be free. ;-/<br>
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DuckDNS seems like a good option. *concurred*<br>
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-Sean<br>
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On 05/24/2017 10:36 AM, Claude Felizardo via SGVLUG wrote:<br>
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Since many routers have a way to make use of a DDNS service to
record changes to an IP, does anyone know of a service that will
simply send an email message when the router gets a new IP? <br>
<br>
I have a friend who has a couple of home security web cameras and
occasionally needs to log in remotely to check. I had suggested a
DDNS service but he thought that was overkill when he thought a
short email would be fine. He's running a commercial off the
shelf box and I doubt he would be comfortable changing the
firmware.<br>
<br>
Claude<br>
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Rami Al-Ghanmi via SGVLUG wrote:<br>
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I used to use Namecheap, but found that DNS propagation for DDNS
was <br>
not fast enough for me and did not support TLS when I was using
it. I <br>
found a very elegant solution in DuckDNS <a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="https://www.duckdns.org/"><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.duckdns.org/"><https://www.duckdns.org/></a></a>.
<br>
Think of it as the DuckDuckGo of DNS.<br>
<br>
One of the coolest things about it is that it gives you
instructions <br>
on how to run it on almost everything including Android, pfSense
and <br>
OpenWRT: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.duckdns.org/install.jsp">https://www.duckdns.org/install.jsp</a>.<br>
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I highly recommend it.<br>
<br>
Rami<br>
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On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Bryan Pesterfield via SGVLUG <br>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a> <a
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href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net"><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net"><mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net></a></a>>
wrote:<br>
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My goal also involves setting up the same notice on my
mothers pc<br>
for remote administration.<br>
<br>
My IP has actually only changed every few years, whenever I
change<br>
ISPs (so basically never without my own doing), but I am not
so<br>
sure about my mothers, since it is usually off and in need
of a<br>
router. I assume her IP changed within a week of installing<br>
Ubuntu, because I haven't been back in since then. I am
making a<br>
trip to load the script there this weekend.<br>
<br>
I have a couple domains with namecheap, but I never bothered<br>
looking at their perks. I was looking for a diy solution
since I<br>
remembered reading that the free services all started
charging.<br>
<br>
Thank you guys for the advice. I will set up an account for
the<br>
script and look into making my router do the work with
namecheap.<br>
It is a Cisco RV130; I wanted my WAP to be seperate and a
new<br>
router without it is getting harder to find.<br>
<br>
<br>
On May 16, 2017 12:01 PM, "Jess Bermudes via SGVLUG"<br>
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wrote:<br>
<br>
Namecheap and probably other domain registrars provide
ddns<br>
for you with your purchase, so then if you have a router
with<br>
openwrt or something you can set it up pretty easily<br>
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On May 16, 2017 14:39, "Michael Proctor-Smith via
SGVLUG"<br>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a> <a
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wrote:<br>
<br>
If you don't want to do it as root, or your normal
account<br>
do it. Then create a new user to do it, don't reuse
an<br>
existing system account. With cron jobs the place
you<br>
normal fail is that from cron you don't have normal
user<br>
path stuff added as it is not a login shell.<br>
<br>
But in seem like you are solving a solved problem
that we<br>
have all gone the road of. That being wanting to
access<br>
your network remotely and having a dynamic ip
address. So<br>
if I may suggest looking into one of the free
dynamic dns<br>
services (DDNS) and save yourself the trouble of
having to<br>
check email to find your home ip address. Many home<br>
routers will automatically update DDNS when there ip<br>
address changes.<br>
<br>
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Bryan Pesterfield
via<br>
SGVLUG <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a> <a
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href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net"><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net"><mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net></a></a>>
wrote:<br>
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Hello all,<br>
<br>
I have a script I wrote to monitor my external
ip and<br>
send me an update via email when it changes (it
checks<br>
ipv4.icanhazip.com <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://ipv4.icanhazip.com"><http://ipv4.icanhazip.com></a>,
so no<br>
parsing necessary). While the books and webpages
I<br>
have looked at so far make it appear easy to set
up a<br>
cron job, I am unsure of what user should be
used to<br>
run the job (since nothing I looked at specified
what<br>
accounts should be used, they appear to be
indifferent<br>
to it).<br>
<br>
It didn't seem very secure to have root or
myself (aka<br>
a regular user) run the job, so I am hesitating
on<br>
setting it up until I know what account should
be used<br>
to run it. Do I have a system account do it, or
do I<br>
set up an unique account just for it? What's the
best<br>
way to do this?<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance,<br>
Bryan Pesterfield<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div dir="ltr">I used to use Namecheap, but found that DNS
propagation for DDNS was not fast enough for me and did not
support TLS when I was using it. I found a very elegant
solution in <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.duckdns.org/">DuckDNS</a>. Think of it
as the DuckDuckGo of DNS.
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<div>One of the coolest things about it is that it gives you
instructions on how to run it on almost everything
including Android, pfSense and OpenWRT: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.duckdns.org/install.jsp"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.duckdns.org/install.jsp">https://www.duckdns.org/install.jsp</a></a>.</div>
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<div>I highly recommend it.</div>
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<div>Rami</div>
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