Hello I can only support this. The default config is totally broken.
1. SNMPDOPTS in /etc/default/snmpd should contain the "-r" flag, otherwise the snmpd will be stuck on things it can't read (/dev/kmem) because it's not running as root. 2. I would expect that as soon as I turn on snmpd, I should be able to do an snmpwalk -v2c -H localhost -C public. Not so with what currently lives in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf There is even a tutorial on how the defaults _need_ to be changed to accomplish anything on http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/snmp.htm Didn't work for me, tough. And it's a sad state if you need a tutorial to tell you what the example file does wrong, isn't it? In the end, I did a minimal configuration with snmpconf, which works. This: # SNMPv3 rwuser writer auth rouser reader #SNMPv1/SNMPv2c rocommunity public 127.0.0.1 rwcommunity private 127.0.0.1 # System Information syslocation Datacenter syscontact [email protected] I'm pretty sure all that baggage in the example file would serve a very elegant purpose, only I can't appreciate it, because it simply does not work. Cheers Seegras -- "Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin "It's also true that those who would give up privacy for security are likely to end up with neither." -- Bruce Schneier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
