DHCP client and DYnamic DNS service auto-updating

[Troy Piggins]

* Carthik Sharma <carthik at gmail.com> :
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I run a server at home, and would like to have a domain name
> assigned to it so I can access it from work. Since I havea dynamic
> IP, I use http://sh.nu to serve me as a dynamic dns server.
> 
> I got a script from said website to enable me to auto-update the
> IP address whenever it changes. The perl script's README says:
> 
> "Execute dyn.pl: perl dyn.pl, or chmod +x dyn.pl and ./dyn.pl. You
> can also reference it in your /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.exe file
> (This probably varies by distro...YMMV) for automatic update when
> your IP address changes.  "
> 
> However, since Ubuntu uses dhcp3, I cannot use the above
> instruction.
> 
> Can some kind soul please guide a newbie in setting this script up
> so that whenver the IP address assigned to me by the dhcp router,
> the script (dyn.pl) can be called/executed by dhcp3's dhclient. I
> see some directory called dhclient-enter-hooks.d in /etc/dhcp3/ I
> suspect I will have to use a script placed here, but have no clue
> how to proceed.
> 
> A google search yields nothing, either.

Not directly a solution for you, but I use dyndns.org and update my
IP with inadyn - works a treat.

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Troy Piggins
Ubuntu v5.10 (Breezy Badger)