Re: SNMP

From: Johan Paul (mailing-lists_at_johanpaul.com)
Date: 07/31/03

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    Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:47:17 +0300 (EEST)
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    > I second the recommendation for net-SNMP. It also provides most of the
    > functions for Microsoft Windows that it does for Unix-type environments.
    > Code generators and related utilities are far less automatic than many
    > commercial products, but the quality and flexibility are high. There is a
    > set of tutorials and you can run many of them against yourself in
    > 'localhost'.

    I know this might be a poor follow-up and not a FreeBSD issue, sorry! But
    I am quite stucked with the configuration of net-snmp. I got it from ports
    (version 5.0.6). I added the createUser line to /var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf
    like the HOWTO tells me to do
    (http://www.net-snmp.org/FAQ.html#How_do_I_configure_SNMPv__users_),
    restarted net-snmp but whatever I try I get no authorization eg. ('guest'
    is the user I added with the createUser directive):

    silakka# snmpget -u guest -A <the password> -v 3 -l noAuthNoPriv localhost
    sysUpTime
    Error in packet
    Reason: authorizationError (access denied to that object)

    I have also tried to run snmpconf script but there seems to be little to
    do with users or communities other than the line:

    rouser guest auth

    I also tried with the snmpwalk (same auth error) and tried to configure
    MRTG with cfgmaker but of course it can't retrieve any info.

    So I would need some basic knowledge about the authentication with
    net-snmp. Any brief ideas? :)

    I would also like to specify a community (public@localhost) for MRTG to use.

    Regards,

    Johan Paul
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