When I run dyndns.js, i get this error:

Synchronet Dynamic DNS Client 1.21
RX: id?
RX: pw?
RX: Login failure!
!Unexpected message from server: Login failure!
!Unexpected termination by server

I checked modopts.ini and the user name and password listed there are. So, I logged into vert thru Syncterm using the same user name and password, and i get in just fine. Any ideas as to why the same user name and password would work when I log in manually, but not when I try to run it thru dyndns.js?

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Re: dyndns.js issue
By: SYS64738 to all on Sun Aug 04 2024 01:52 am

When I run dyndns.js, i get this error:

Synchronet Dynamic DNS Client 1.21
RX: id?
RX: pw?
RX: Login failure!
!Unexpected message from server: Login failure!
!Unexpected termination by server

How are you running dyndns.js? What command-line arguments are you passing to it?

I checked modopts.ini and the user name and password listed there are. So, I logged into vert thru Syncterm using the same user name and password, and i get in just fine. Any ideas as to why the same user name and password would work when I log in manually, but not when I try to run it thru dyndns.js?

dyndns.js doesn't take a user name or password from modopts.ini, so I'm not sure what you're refering to. The login id (user name) is by default, your system's QWK-ID ("GEO"?) unless you override that with the '-hn' command-line option. The password to use is always passed as the first command-line argument to dyndns.js.

See https://wiki.synchro.net/module:dyndns for more details.

The default configuration of the DYNDNS timed event (in SCFG->External Programs->Timed Events) works for the vast majority of Synchronet sysops, so if you're making changes to this pre-configured event, maybe explain why.
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Re: dyndns.js issue
By: SYS64738 to all on Sun Aug 04 2024 01:52 am

Synchronet Dynamic DNS Client 1.21
RX: id?
RX: pw?
RX: Login failure!
!Unexpected message from server: Login failure! !Unexpected termination by server

I checked modopts.ini and the user name and password listed there are. So, I logged into vert thru Syncterm using the same user name and password, and i get in just fine. Any ideas as to why the same user name and password would work when I log in manually, but not when I try to run it thru dyndns.js?

I ran into something similar and it was due, to having a % (percent sign) in the password. It gets evaulated when passed via the dyndns.js, so you
can escape it I believe by using %% in modopts.ini or change the password.

I changed my password and everything has worked since.

"%s is a valid character in a password, but also would be interpreted/expanded to the startup-directory of the program,

per:https://wiki.synchro.net/config:cmdline"

per DM in a discussion I had with him.

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Re: dyndns.js issue
By: Amessyroom to SYS64738 on Sun Aug 04 2024 05:04 pm

Re: dyndns.js issue
By: SYS64738 to all on Sun Aug 04 2024 01:52 am

Synchronet Dynamic DNS Client 1.21
RX: id?
RX: pw?
RX: Login failure!
!Unexpected message from server: Login failure! !Unexpected termination by server

I checked modopts.ini and the user name and password listed there are. So, I logged into vert thru Syncterm using the same user name and password, and i get in just fine. Any ideas as to why the same user name and password would work when I log in manually, but not when I try to run it thru dyndns.js?

I ran into something similar and it was due, to having a % (percent sign) in the password. It gets evaulated when passed via the dyndns.js, so you
can escape it I believe by using %% in modopts.ini or change the password.

The %-escaping is only necessary for the command-line (not modopts.ini).

dyndns.js doesn't read the modopts.ini file, so I think I was confusing qnet-ftp.js with dyndns.js in our discussion. Anyway, I'll update dyndns.js to optionally read the password from modopts.ini [dyndns] section, in case this issue ('%' in password) arises again.
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Re: dyndns.js issue
By: Amessyroom to SYS64738 on Sun Aug 04 2024 05:04 pm

The %-escaping is only necessary for the command-line (not modopts.ini).

dyndns.js doesn't read the modopts.ini file, so I think I was confusing qnet-ftp.js with dyndns.js in our discussion. Anyway, I'll update dyndns.js to optionally read the password from modopts.ini [dyndns] section, in case this issue ('%' in password) arises again.

Yes, I misspoke when i referred to modopts.ini. I meant sbbs.ini. However, echicken helped me last night. I haven't had a chance to see the result as of yet.

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