Re: snmpd is running but when tried to access variables, No response.

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On 26/12/06, mushtaq khan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actully the problem was file snmpd.conf was not present.

If you haven't created one, then it won't exist, yes.

>                                                            After i created it
> with cmd line tool snmpconf -g basic_setup, i was able to
> communicate with agent.
> While configuring the snmpd.conf, i gave rwcommunity as **** and
> rocommunity as ****.

You should regard community strings as vaguely equivalent to passwords,
and choose something meaningful to you, but relatively difficult to guess.

Many sites use "public" for rocommunity (or possibly for a restricted view)
but it's important to use something a little less obvious for rwcommunity.
(Though if security is important, you should look at SNMPv3 instead).

> But what community i should give for trap.

Anything you like.  It's just a string.
Choose something that seems sensible to you, and configure your
snmptrapd to accept this community.

Dave

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