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.TH EZ-IPUPDATE "8" "February 2003" "ez-ipupdate - 3.0.11b7" "Dynamic DNS client"
.SH NAME
ez-ipupdate \- dynamic DNS client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ez-ipupdate
.RI [ options ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B ez-ipupdate
dynamic DNS client.

.SH OPTIONS
.B ez-ipupdate
follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-address\fR <ip address>
string to send as your ip address
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-cache\-file\fR <file>
file to use for caching the ipaddress
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config\-file\fR <file>
configuration file, almost all arguments can be
given with: <name>[=<value>]
to see a list of possible config commands
try "echo help | ez-ipupdate \fB\-c\fR -"
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR
run as a daemon periodicly updating if
necessary
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-execute\fR <command>
shell command to execute after a successful
update
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-foreground\fR
when running as a daemon run in the foreground
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-pidfile\fR <file>
use <file> as a pid file
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-request\-uri\fR <uri>
URI to send updates to
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-host\fR <host>
string to send as host parameter
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interface\fR <iface>
which interface to use
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-cloak_title\fR <host>
some stupid thing for DHS only
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mx\fR <mail exchange>
string to send as your mail exchange
.HP
\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-max\-interval\fR <# of sec> max time in between updates
.TP
\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-notify\-email\fR <email>
address to send mail to if bad things happen
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-offline\fR
set to off line mode
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-resolv\-period\fR <sec>
period to check IP if it can't be resolved
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-period\fR <# of sec>
period to check IP in daemon
mode (default: 1800 seconds)
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
be quiet
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-retrys\fR <num>
number of trys (default: 1)
.TP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-run\-as\-user\fR <user>
change to <user> for running, be ware
that this can cause problems with handeling
SIGHUP properly if that user can't read the
config file. also it can't write it's pid file
to a root directory
.TP
\fB\-Q\fR, \fB\-\-run\-as\-euser\fR <user>
change to effective <user> for running,
this is NOT secure but it does solve the
problems with run-as-user and config files and
pid files.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-server\fR <server[:port]>
the server to connect to
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-service\-type\fR <server>
the type of service that you are using
try one of: null ezip pgpow dhs
dyndns dyndns-static dyndns-custom
ods tzo easydns easydns-partner
gnudip justlinux dyns hn zoneedit
heipv6tb
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-timeout\fR <sec.millisec>
the amount of time to wait on I/O
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-connection\-type\fR <num>
number sent to TZO as your connection
type (default: 1)
.TP
\fB\-U\fR, \fB\-\-url\fR <url>
string to send as the url parameter
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR <user[:passwd]>
user ID and password, if either is left blank
they will be prompted for
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wildcard\fR
set your domain to have a wildcard alias
.TP
\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-partner\fR <partner>
specify easyDNS partner (for easydns-partner
services)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-credits\fR
print the credits and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-signalhelp\fR
print help about signals
.br
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org> for the Debian
GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).