SNMPD.CONF

NAME

DESCRIPTION

The file consists of lines containg a <key> followd by a : and a <value>.
Lines beginning with a # and empty lines are ignored.

The recognized key, value pairs are as follows:

party.conf

The supplied value is the path to the party.conf file; default is /etc/party.conf.

acl.conf

The supplied value is the path to the acl.conf file; default is /etc/acl.conf.

view.conf

The supplied value is the path to the view.conf file; default is /etc/view.conf.

context.conf

The supplied value is the path to the context.conf file; default is /etc/context.conf.

port

The port to open and listen to; default 161.

private

The private communtiy string for V1 authentication; default is private.

system contact

Return string for a system.sysContact request; default is Unknown.

system location

Return string for a system.sysLocation request; default is Unknown.

system name

Return string for a system.sysName request; default is the hostname.

interface

The value must have three fields: a string naming the interface, a integer describing the type of the interface (ala RFC 1213) and a integer describing the speed of the interface. Multiple entries are possible. Look at the example below for a sample.

EXAMPLE

A sample /etc/snmpd.conf is:

## /etc/snmpd.conf:

##
## location of the config files:
##
party.conf:     /etc/party.conf
acl.conf:       /etc/acl.conf
view.conf:      /etc/view.conf
context.conf:   /etc/context.conf

##
## port to use (default is 161):
##
# port:         161

##
## private-community string (for SNMP V1):
## default is ``private''
##
# private:      private

##
## the entry of system.Contact and system.Location:
##
system contact:         Kaept'n B. Ertman (schoenfr@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de)
system location:        At Home - on the Bridge 
## system name is per default determined from the hostname:
# system name:          chappell 

##
## name, type and speed of interfaces:
##
interface:      lo0     24      20000000
interface:      eth0     6      10000000
interface:      sl0     28      38400
interface:      sl1     28      38400
interface:      sl2     28      38400
interface:      sl3     28      38400
interface:      ppp0    23      38400
interface:      ppp1    23      38400
interface:      ppp2    23      38400
interface:      ppp3    23      38400

## end of /etc/snmpd.conf

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