SNMPGET

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 13 July 1994
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NAME

snmpget - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET Requests.

SYNOPSIS

snmpget -v 1 hostname community objectID [objectID]...

snmpget [-v 2] hostname noAuth objectID [objectID]...

snmpget [-v 2] hostname srcParty dstParty objectID [objectID]...

DESCRIPTION

Snmpget is an SNMP application that uses the GET Request to query for information on a network entity. One or more fully qualified object identifiers may be given as arguments on the command line. Each variable name is given in the format specified in variables(5).

The hostname specification may be either a host name or an internet address specified in "dot notation".

The version 1 community specifies the community name for the transaction with the remote system.

The version 2 srcParty and dstParty specify the party names for the transaction with the remote system, as they are defined in /etc/party.conf. To forgo authentication, use the noAuth keyword instead of specifying party names.

For example

snmpget zeus zeusMS zeusAgent system.sysDescr.0

will retrieve the variable system.sysDescr.0:

system.sysDescr.0 = "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3_U1 1 sun4m"

If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an error packet will be returned and a message will be shown, helping to pinpoint in what way the request was malformed. If there were other variables in the request, the request will be resent without the bad variable.

Adding a "-d" to the argument list will cause the application to dump input and output packets.

Adding a "-q" to the argument list will cause the application to use a quicker, less verbose output form.

BUGS

Option -q is not avail for Linux - sorry (maybe i'll add it - schoenfr).