Bug 604122

3.8.0-2 also seems to be missing sample-etc_ddclient.conf

I saw the same problem.  It turns out that the new version treats a comma (,) in the config file as part of the password:

login=username, \
password=secret, \

After removing the comma in the config file, it worked again:

login=username, \
password=secret \

fixes it for me here too, wonder if one needs to now do
  password="secret",
and why only on the password field.

ddclient could not be stoped via /etc/init.d/ddclient.

[root@rr010 ppsesieve]# date
Mi 30. Jun 22:01:12 CEST 2010
[root@rr010 ppsesieve]# /etc/init.d/ddclient stop
ddclient beenden:                                          [FEHLGESCHLAGEN]
[root@rr010 ppsesieve]# ps -ef|grep ddclient
ddclient 13044     1  0 22:00 ?        00:00:00 ddclient - sleeping for 270 seconds
root     13076  6909  0 22:01 pts/0    00:00:00 grep ddclient
[root@rr010 ppsesieve]# pkill -9 ddclient
[root@rr010 ppsesieve]# ps -ef|grep ddclient
root     13081  6909  0 22:02 pts/0    00:00:00 grep ddclient

but even after restart the client can not be stopped via /etc/init.d/ddclient

[root@rr010 ppsesieve]# /etc/init.d/ddclient stop
ddclient beenden:                                          [FEHLGESCHLAGEN]
[root@rr010 ppsesieve]# ps -ef|grep ddclient
ddclient 13118     1  0 22:02 ?        00:00:00 ddclient - sleeping for 180 seconds
root     13263  6909  0 22:09 pts/0    00:00:00 grep ddclient

Ignore comment#4 should be for one other ticket.

This is probably due to an "cache leaks into the global environment" bug which is fixed in the ddclient SVN.

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