linux IP watcher

[Lux Zhang]

On 01/07/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
>
> Lux Zhang wrote:
> > Hi
> > my ISP provides a non-statis IP. I am looking for a linux tool to watch
> > ip address change. that can monitor my public and local IP address. If
> > IP address changes it will send an email, to the address specified, with
> > the new IP address. This email also includes the computer name and time
> > the change occurred. This is useful for computers that have dynamically
> > assigned IP addresses, but need to be accessed remotely.
> >
> >
> > Hope some one can help
> >
> > Yuan
> >
> Take a look at ddclient. It does a lot more then what you are after,
> but it does send an email when the IP address changes. It is
> designed for you with the different Dynamic DNS sites to keep your
> IP address up to date. It will also work with most routers to get
> the IP address from them. You can install it with yum, and start it
> as a service after you configure it.



thanks, i installed ddclient and it is nice. could you offer a bit hint how
to configure ddclient to send out email (eg yuanlux at gmail.com) after each
update? It seems only sending out email to root at localhost.


Mikkel
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