update readme, document Data::Validate::IP

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Al 2019-06-25 14:16:37 -04:00
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through sourceforge.net. Please check out http://ddclient.sf.net
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REQUIREMENTS:
## REQUIREMENTS:
- one or more accounts from one of the dynamic DNS services
- Perl 5.014 or later
(you need the IO::Socket::SSL perl library for ssl-support,
JSON::PP perl library for JSON support and
IO::Socket:INET6 perl library for ipv6-support)
- `Data::Validate::IP` perl library
- `IO::Socket::SSL` perl library for ssl-support
- `JSON::PP` perl library for JSON support
- `IO::Socket:INET6` perl library for ipv6-support
- Linux or probably any common Unix system
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INSTALLATION:
## INSTALLATION:
cp ddclient /usr/sbin/
mkdir /etc/ddclient
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## as described below.
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
## TROUBLESHOOTING:
1. enable debugging and verbose messages.
``$ ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose -noquiet``
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while some others accept anything.
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USING DDCLIENT WITH ppp
## USING DDCLIENT WITH ppp
If you are using a ppp connection, you can easily update your DynDNS
entry with each connection, with:
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and monitor your ppp interface.
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USING DDCLIENT WITH cron
## USING DDCLIENT WITH cron
If you have not configured ddclient to use daemon-mode, you'll need to
configure cron to force an update once a month so that the dns entry will
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vi /etc/cron.d/ddclient
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USING DDCLIENT WITH dhcpcd-1.3.17
## USING DDCLIENT WITH dhcpcd-1.3.17
If you are using dhcpcd-1.3.17 or thereabouts, you can easily update
your DynDNS entry automatically every time your lease is obtained
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and monitor your ethernet interface.
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USING DDCLIENT WITH dhclient
## USING DDCLIENT WITH dhclient
If you are using the ISC DHCP client (dhclient), you can update
your DynDNS entry automatically every time your lease is obtained