> /sbin/ifconfig > will display the IP address of all interfaces > > It would be really hard for those people to ssh in and read > that file > unless they first knew the IP, in which case they wouldn't > need the > file ...
I know that, what i wanted was a system that would read the IP address, write it to a file, upload the file to a webserver somewhere, people then read the file, get my ip address and login. Long-winded, but the only way i though of. > Instead, check out ddt.sourceforge.net. It is a project that > provides > a client utility that will update their server so you can > have a > domain even though you have a dynamic IP. Then you don't > need to know > the IP anymore. Sounds cool, i'll check it out?