Unix Dynamic Update Client Info

NOTE: Most of these tips are for the Linux client version 1.6 and below. Version 2.0 of the Linux client does support FreeBSD,Solaris, Mac OSX, and other platforms.

We have had users convert the No-IP Linux source code to work for other unix platforms. Below are links to changes submited by users to get the client working. We do not offer support on these modifications.

• OpenBSD
• Mac OS X
• Solaris

OpenBSD

From: "Shaun"
To: <webmaster@no-ip.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Version

To get it to compile for OpenBSD you just need to replace

#include <linux/if.h>

with

#include <net/if.h>

I assume this change should allow it to work under the other BSDs (FreeBSD, NetBSD etc) as well.


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Mac OS X

From: "Shaun L"
To: <webmaster@no-ip.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 9:28 PM
Subject: update client for unix client on OSX

Hi, I have sucessfully compiled and ran the no-ip client on OSX, 10.1 (retail boxed non-server version).

One line I had to change in Makefile was CC=gcc, which I changed to CC=cc. Apparently there isn't a gcc on OSX.

Btw, I installed the developer tools CD. That may or may not be important, I'm not sure.

Sean


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Solaris

From: "Rob"
To: <webmaster@no-ip.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Version

I made some simple modifications so the Linux client will work on
Solaris also. Here's a set of patches with the modifications.

Rob
Output from Diff file.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*** Makefile.orig Fri Oct  6 00:56:22 2000
--- Makefile Fri Nov  3 10:15:12 2000
***************
*** 1,7 ****
  TGT=noip
  
  ${TGT}: noip.c
! cc -O2 -g noip.c -o noip
  
  install: ${TGT} no-ip.conf
  cp ${TGT} /usr/local/bin/${TGT}
--- 1,9 ----
  TGT=noip
+ CC=gcc
+ LIBS=-lsocket -lnsl
  
  ${TGT}: noip.c
! ${CC} -O2 -g noip.c -o noip ${LIBS}
  
  install: ${TGT} no-ip.conf
  cp ${TGT} /usr/local/bin/${TGT}
*** noip.c.orig Fri Oct  6 00:47:49 2000
--- noip.c Fri Nov  3 10:13:58 2000
***************
*** 47,57 ****
--- 47,62 ----
  #include 
  #include 
  #include 
+ #ifndef sun
  #include 
  
  #ifndef SIOCGIFADDR
  #include 
  #endif
+ #else
+ #include 
+ #include 
+ #endif
  
  file://#define DEBUG
  
***************
*** 361,372 ****
--- 366,381 ----
  x = fork();
  switch (x) {
      case -1: // error
+ #ifndef sun
  if ((errno >= 0) && (errno < sys_nerr))
      err_string = (char *)sys_errlist[errno];
  else {
      sprintf(buffer, "Unknown error %d", errno);
      err_string = buffer;
  }
+ #else
+ err_string = strerror(errno);
+ #endif
  ErrMsg( "Can't fork!! (%s) Ending!\n", err_string);
  return -1;
      default: // parent
***************
*** 704,715 ****
--- 713,728 ----
      syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s set to %s", ourname, IPaddress);
      return SUCCESS;
  }
+ #ifndef sun
  if ((errno >= 0) && (errno < sys_nerr))
      err_string = (char *)sys_errlist[errno];
  else {
      sprintf(buffer, "Unknown error, errno=%d", errno);
      err_string = buffer;
  }
+ #else
+ err_string = strerror(errno);
+ #endif
  switch (error_code) {
      case ALREADYSET:
  syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s was already set to %s.",