dyndns - Dynamic DNS tools -------------------------- These tools provide a very simple implementation of a dynamic DNS service. Host names within a particular zone -- probably a subdomain of some other zone in normal configurations -- are assigned to given UNIX users using dyndnsadm(8), who may then manipulate the addresses to which they point with the dyndns(1) tool. The dyndnsd(8) daemon runs continuously, monitoring changes to a database of hosts and rewriting a zone file when a change occurs to any hosts, and kicking BIND when it does. Installation ------------ - Choose the user ID who will own the dynamic DNS database, creating one if necessary. - Review and edit Makefile and DynDNSConfig.pm. - Create the directory in which the database is stored, by default /var/dyndns, and make it owned by the dyndns user, and the directory in which the zone file goes, by default /var/named/dyn, and install the tools using `make install'. - Have dyndnsd(8) run from init. - Create some test hosts with dyndnsadm(8) and assign them addresses with dyndns(1). Verify that a plausible zone file is being written. - Make any nameserver configuration changes needed to make the subdomain work. License, Disclaimer and Other Legal Stuff ----------------------------------------- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. bfilter is copyright (c) 2003 Chris Lightfoot See also: http://ex-parrot.com/~chris/software.html#dyndns $Id: README,v 1.3 2003/01/21 22:50:38 chris Exp $