** Description changed: Binary package hint: snmpd === The problem === - The 'exec' directive is not compiled into snmpd. However, the snmpd config file (/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf) provides lines commented out to do this. Figuring out how this works + The 'exec' directive is not compiled into snmpd. However, the snmpd config file (/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf) provides example lines (commented out) on how to use ut. This makes it very confusing, especially since no error is given when restarting snmpd (with /etc/init.d/snmpd restart), and snmpd has no log file enabled by default. === Proposed solution(s) === - There are three ways of solving this issue: + There are acouple of ways of solving this issue: 1) The best way: to compile snmpd with the 'ucd_snmp' MIB module. See the blog post in the references section on how to do this. 2) Remove the exec directive examples in the '/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf'. 3) Inform about the dependence in the 'exec' example section in '/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf'. + 4) Give an error message that snmpd does not support 'exec'. === Additional notes === According to the blog post below this problem is also related to the 'proc' directive, too. However, I have not verified this. === References === This blog post helped me identify this issue: http://bryanfullerton.com/?p=124 === My system: === $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 $ dpkg -l|grep snmpd ii snmpd 5.4.1~dfsg-12ubuntu7 - SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agents + SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agents
-- Ubuntu snmpd package doesn't include all net-snmpd modules https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496922 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
