Thanks! ddclient is the tool I was trying to remember.
By the way, it seems to be resetting the IP address to my NAT address instead of my public address. Any idea what the problem could be? On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Jonathan Duncan <jonat...@bluesunhosting.com> wrote: > > On 13 Jan 2013, at 00:16, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > >> So I've decided to go with an RDP or VNC tunneled over SSH. >> However I have a dynamic IP address. >> >> I remember years ago there was a service you could install that if >> your IP address changed it would change a DNS record at a free DNS >> service for you. >> The problem is I'm now drawing a blank. The desktop is running an >> ubuntu variant, but I'd prefer an init script that doesn't require gui >> interaction and will start at boot. >> > > ddclient is what I am currently using: > > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ddclient/ > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
