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- % $Header: snmpset.tex,v 3.0 91/05/17 16:16:12 jrd Rel $
- % Author: J. Davin
- % Copyright 1988, 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- \newpage
- \subsection{The Snmpset Command}
-
- The snmpset command initiates a network management
- request to remote management agent and displays the
- response. It is coded to run in a BSD 4.3 UNIX environment.
-
- The code for the snmpset command illustrates the use of the
- Development Kit to accelerate development
- of network management applications as well as the
- use of the SNMP protocol {\it set} operation.
-
- Sources for the snmpset command reside in the
- \verb"snmpset" subdirectory of the Development Kit
- distribution hierarchy.
-
- The snmpset command attempts to alter the
- items of management information named
- according to the conventions of RFC 1067 to have values
- specified by the user.
- It is invoked with the syntax:
-
- {\bf snmpset} [{\bf -h} {\it remoteHost}] [{\bf -p} {\it remotePort}]
- [{\bf -c} {\it communityName}]
- [{\bf -t} {\it timeout}]
- [{\bf -i} {\it requestId}]
- [{\it name kind value} ] $\ldots$
-
- If the {\bf -h} flag is present, then the program
- will send its management request
- to the IP address specified as {\it remoteHost.}
-
- If the {\bf -p} flag is present, then the program
- will send its management request
- to the UDP port specified as {\it remotePort,}
- instead of that assigned to the ``snmp'' service
- in the \verb"/etc/services" database.
-
- If the {\bf -c} flag is present, then the program
- will generate and accept management requests
- associated with the community name specified as {\it communityName,}
- instead of using the community name ``public.''
-
- If the {\bf -i} flag is present, then the program
- will identify its management request by
- the number specified as {\it requestId,}
- instead of using the value zero.
-
- If the {\bf -t} flag is present, then the program
- will terminate after the number of seconds
- specified as {\it timeout,}
- instead of waiting forever for a response from the
- remote agent.
-
- For example, the command
-
- snmpset -h anyhost 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0 OctetString ``hello''
- 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0 ObjectId 1.2.3.4.5.6.7
-
- has the (hypothetical) effect of altering the
- \verb"sysDescr" and \verb"sysObjectId"
- values for the host named {\it anyhost.} The former
- is altered to the \verb"OctetString" value ``hello,''
- whereas the latter is altered to the \verb"ObjectId"
- value 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.
-
- The kinds of values recognized are those enumerated in
- RFC 1065:
- \begin{quote}\small\begin{verbatim}
- Integer
- Counter
- Guage
- OctetString
- ObjectId
- IPAddr
- TimeTicks
- \end{verbatim}\end{quote}
-
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