Re: Can't start net-snmp

David Hodgson wrote:
> Hi Josef,
> 
> I downloaded the source files from net-snmp.org and installed them. Do you recommend I use red Hat's rpm?

"It depends". I'd suggest you use Redhat's, unless you have some 
profound reason not to (e.g. you need the latest, greatest 5.3.0). SNMP 
is a service which digs pretty deep into the system, maybe RedHat has 
modified them to work more smoothly with the rest of their code.

YMMV, obviously,

Josef

> -----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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