Re: Looking for clarification regarding users for v3 traps
"Dave Shield" <[email protected]>
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On 07/05/07, Miller, Jeff (eng) <[email protected]> wrote: > In particular, is there a security name collision between the local > snmpd and the remote snmptrapd? Probably, yes. Have you seen the tutorial page " TRAPs vs INFORMs for SNMPv3" (http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/TUT:snmptrap_SNMPv3) ? This explains something of the issues relating to SNMPv3 engineID's as they relate to notifications (traps and informs). > I have now established the security name "jeff" for informs but I see no > means to associate authentication and security passwords with the security > name "jeff" unless I also do a createUser for "jeff" in the snmpd.conf file > on the local host as well as in the snmptrapd.conf file on the remote host. The "trapsess" directive can accept the -A and -X flags, to specify the appropriate passwords. (Though obviously there are security considerations to doing this!) Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [email protected] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users