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Topic: Error: Invalid Value for keyword 'ip' = '' on Ubuntu 17.04
                                This is the full error I get when I start DDclient (*** = deleted for privacy):WARNING:  file /var/cache/ddclient/ddclient.cache, line 8: Invalid Value for keyword 'ip' = ''WARNING:  skipping update of *** from <nothing> to ***.WARNING:   last updated <never> but last attempt on Tue Jun 20 14:09:37 2017 failed.WARNING:   Wait at least 5 minutes between update attempts.And this is my ddclient.conf:# Configuration file for ddclient generated by debconf## /etc/ddclient.confdaemon=60syslog=yesmail=***mail-failure=***pid=/var/run/ddclient.pidssl=yesuse=web, web=checkip.dynu.com/, web-skip='IP Address'server=api.dynu.comprotocol=dyndns2server=dynu.comlogin=***password=******.DYNU.NETI've tried different IP sources as well, such as 'use=web, web=ipinfo.io/ip'I see that there used to be a bug in ddclient, but I believe that was quite a while ago.
                                
                            
                            
                            
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by timothytw on Tuesday, June 20, 2017
                                Please try the following config file:# ddclient configuration for Dynu## /etc/ddclient.confdaemon=60 syslog=yesmail=root mail-failure=rootpid=/var/run/ddclient.pid                use=web, web=checkip.dynu.com/, web-skip='IP Address' server=api.dynu.com  protocol=dyndns2              login=myusername  password=YOURPASSWORD MYDOMAIN.DYNU.COM 
                                
                            
                            
                            
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                                elienar Joined: 6/20/2017  | 
                            
                                
                                 Tuesday, June 20, 2017 11:23 AM 
                                    This is the full error I get when I start DDclient (*** = deleted for privacy):WARNING:  file /var/cache/ddclient/ddclient.cache, line 8: Invalid Value for keyword 'ip' = ''WARNING:  skipping update of *** from <nothing> to ***.WARNING:   last updated <never> but last attempt on Tue Jun 20 14:09:37 2017 failed.WARNING:   Wait at least 5 minutes between update attempts.And this is my ddclient.conf:# Configuration file for ddclient generated by debconf## /etc/ddclient.confdaemon=60syslog=yesmail=***mail-failure=***pid=/var/run/ddclient.pidssl=yesuse=web, web=checkip.dynu.com/, web-skip='IP Address'server=api.dynu.comprotocol=dyndns2server=dynu.comlogin=***password=******.DYNU.NETI've tried different IP sources as well, such as 'use=web, web=ipinfo.io/ip'I see that there used to be a bug in ddclient, but I believe that was quite a while ago.
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                
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                                timothytw Joined: 5/2/2002  | 
                            
                                
                                 Tuesday, June 20, 2017 11:10 PM 
                                    Please try the following config file:# ddclient configuration for Dynu## /etc/ddclient.confdaemon=60 syslog=yesmail=root mail-failure=rootpid=/var/run/ddclient.pid                use=web, web=checkip.dynu.com/, web-skip='IP Address' server=api.dynu.com  protocol=dyndns2              login=myusername  password=YOURPASSWORD MYDOMAIN.DYNU.COM 
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                
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