Re: Authentication failed for user

the source of the error is in:   net-snmp-5.8/snmplib/snmpusm.c




    /*
     * Check the authentication credentials of the message.
     */
    if (secLevel == SNMP_SEC_LEVEL_AUTHNOPRIV
        || secLevel == SNMP_SEC_LEVEL_AUTHPRIV) {
        if (sc_check_keyed_hash(user->authProtocol, user->authProtocolLen,
                                user->authKey, user->authKeyLen,
                                wholeMsg, wholeMsgLen,
                                signature, signature_length)
            != SNMP_ERR_NOERROR) {
            DEBUGMSGTL(("usm", "Verification failed.\n"));
            snmp_increment_statistic(STAT_USMSTATSWRONGDIGESTS);
            snmp_log(LOG_WARNING, "Authentication failed for %s\n",
user->name);
            return SNMPERR_USM_AUTHENTICATIONFAILURE;
        }

        DEBUGMSGTL(("usm", "Verification succeeded.\n"));
    }




On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 2:28 PM Simon Chamlian <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am issuing an inform, (*which works fine* as I get the inform) but
> getting the following error:
>
> snmpinform -v 3 -r 1 -t 1 -u "User" -a MD5 -A "UserPass" -l authNoPriv
> 172.27.37.222 ""  DCI-MIB::DCITrapCritical DCI-MIB::NEID s "NE_Identif"
>
> *Authentication failed for User*
>
> Any reason why I am getting this error message?
>
> Thx,
> S
>
>
>

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