RE: Can't start net-snmp

Hi Josef,

I downloaded the source files from net-snmp.org and installed them. Do you recommend I use red Hat's rpm?

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Josef Moellers [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 27 October 2006 11:57
To: dan hennessey
Cc: David Hodgson; [email protected]
Subject: Re: Can't start net-snmp

dan hennessey wrote:
> David,
> 
> The "service" command is Redhat specific, check "man chkconfig".
> 
> In order for the "service snmpd start" command to work, you need to have
> registered the snmpd init script by using "chkconfig --add". I don't
> think that building net-snmp from source provides you with such an init
> script but you can get one from the "official" Redhat net-snmp RPM
> package if needed. If you need any help with that let me know.

Not quite.

"service" scans /etc/init.d for the given service name. In essence:
if [ -x "${SERVICEDIR}/${SERVICE}" ]; then
...
else
    echo $"${SERVICE}: unrecognized service" >&2
    exit 1
fi

chkconfig (or the newer insserv) create appropriate symbolc links from 
the relevant /etc/rc.d/rc<n>.d directory to /etc/init.d/<service>, so 
that the service is started at the proper time when the system enters a 
new runlevel next time.

So, either /etc/init.d/snmpd does not exist or it is not executable.

Question to David: did you install RedHat's net-snmp-* rpm or did you 
build from scratch?

Josef

>>Hi folks,
>>
>> 
>>
>>I've managed to install net-snmp successfully on RHEL4. I ran the
>>snmpconf program and created my snmpd.conf file. But when I type
>>"service snmpd start" I get the error...
>>
>> 
>>
>>snmpd: unrecognised service
>>
>> 
>>
>>thanks
>>
>> 
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