DnsOMatic - easy question

Have you found out the answer? My setup uses the the following setup and it hasn't changed my dynip at all for several days since I installed it....

#!/bin/bash
HOSTNAME="all.dnsomatic.com"
USER=user@email.name
PASS=password

Thanks kimme

I think so :D

The only logical soultion was to put the DNS-O-Matic account settings in the DNS-O-Matic add-on. And it worked.

To those who wonder about this service, you must use your username and not your email with this plugin on your readynas to clear things up a bit.

I had trouble setting up this add-on too. After some tinkering, I discovered the following:

• The /c/addons-scripts/DnsOMatic/dnsomatic file did not have execute permissions. So, I ssh'd into the nas and performed a chmod +x on the file. This got the add-on correctly calling the script.


• Once I got it working I wasn't getting any response from DNS-O-MATIC. So, I peaked at the script and duplicated the curl command it was executing without the -s option so I could see the issues. It was a Bad Auth. What I realized was that the USER variable did need to be set to my email but that it didn't understand the @ symbol. I had to URL encode it with a '%40' so that it would work.

Hope this helps others. Also, Super poussin, if you're listening, maybe it is worth updating the add-on to ensure execute permissions and to URL encode the variables before concatenating them to the URL. :-)

Thanks zenmind for putting some new light on the issues with the DnsOMatic addon.

This app is awesome, but hard to config.
I followed zenmind's instruction and was able to get mine to update.

However, I just added another DNS to mine and it hasn't updated since the first night I installed this.
What is the refresh rate on how often it will update your IP?

I read something about one month if your IP doesnt change, in the OP for the addon.
But is there anyway to "force" an update early? I dont want to wait a month for my one DNS record to update.

@zenmind please explain in detail how you do this. I have no ssh experience.

I am using Dyndns with the updater loaded onto my Mac for now. However, my Nas Pioneer Edition has the DNS-O-Matic add-on installed.

The other issue l now have as all other people is that l need to try and force a test from my NAS through DNS-O-Matic to ensure it is updating IP on a regular basis. CAn you pls also show us how to do that?

Thanks in advance. KGB