Source: snmpd Severity: important Tags: patch Dear Maintainer,
the `/etc/default/snmpd` included in the current version of the "snmpd" package launches snmpd with the option "-Lsd", which makes it log everything with a priority >= LOG_NOTICE — which includes the message "Connection from UDP: [198.51.100.1]:50955->[203.0.113.1]" for every single query made to the SNMP server. It would be preferable to have the logging verbosity default to >= LOG_WARNING to avoid cluttering the syslog. I have attached a patch that changes all relevant occurences of "-Lsd" (log >= notice) to "-LSwd" (log >= warning). -- System Information: [Removed, since I'm reporting this bug from an Ubuntu system that isn't actually running snmpd.] I have confirmed that the excessively verbose logging option is used by the current snmpd versions in wheezy (5.4.3~dfsg-2.8+deb7u1) and sid (5.7.3+dfsg).
diff -r a/debian/snmpd.default b/debian/snmpd.default 11c11 < SNMPDOPTS='-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -g snmp -I -smux,mteTrigger,mteTriggerConf -p /run/snmpd.pid' --- > SNMPDOPTS='-LSwd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -g snmp -I -smux,mteTrigger,mteTriggerConf -p /run/snmpd.pid' diff -r a/debian/snmpd.init b/debian/snmpd.init 29c29 < SNMPDOPTS="-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -p $SNMP_PID" --- > SNMPDOPTS="-LSwd -Lf /dev/null -p $SNMP_PID" diff -r a/debian/snmptrapd.default b/debian/snmptrapd.default 9c9 < TRAPDOPTS='-Lsd -p /run/snmptrapd.pid' --- > TRAPDOPTS='-LSwd -p /run/snmptrapd.pid' diff -r a/debian/snmptrapd.init b/debian/snmptrapd.init 29c29 < TRAPDOPTS="-Lsd -p $TRAPD_PID" --- > TRAPDOPTS="-LSwd -p $TRAPD_PID"
