On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:33:13AM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 02:17:57AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 11:14:25AM +0100, wsa wrote: > > > I think woody is for those who really need seriously stable machine to > > > act as a server. > > > > Or a no-nonsense desktop for your folks that you can administer > > remotely for them without really having to think about it yourself. > > ...speaking of such things - if the remote machine gets a different > IP, through DHCP, every time it boots, is there a more elegant way I > can discover this IP than having the remote machine email me when it > boots?
Dunno if it's exactly what you're looking for, but you could set Mum up
with a dynDNS.org account (free) and a client (eg ddclient) and then
access Mum's box (er, that sounds kind of wrong) -- the remote machine
-- by domain name.
Cheers!
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