Re: Help with snmptrap

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:59:32 +0100, Dave Shield wrote:

> On 26/07/07, Mateus Interciso <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello, I have this snmpd.conf configuration on one host
>>
>> trapsink  10.0.0.4 test
>> trap2sink  10.0.0.4  test
>> informsink  10.0.0.4 test
> 
> Why do you want to send three copies of every notification to the same
> trap receiver?
Isn't trapsink for SNMPv1 traps, trap2sink for SNMPv2 traps?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Now, when I start the snmpd on 10.0.0.1 (the SNMP host), the
>> snmptrapd.log shows this
>     [snip]
>> Does this by any chance means that the snmptrap is working fine?
> 
> It means that the agent and "snmptrapd" are working fine. The
> command-line tool "snmptrap" is not relevant here - that is an
> alternative mechanism for sending traps.
>    But the agent is generating traps quite happily - three at a time!
> 
> 
> 
>> snmptrap -v 2c -c public localhost "" NOTIFICATION-TEST-MIB::demo-notif
>> \
>>          SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 s "just here"
>> but nothing happens.
> 
> Try with   "localhost:162" instead of just "localhost".
> 
> I presume you are running this on the same machine as the trap receiver
> (10.0.0.4), rather than the system with the SNMP agent (10.0.0.1)
> 
Yes, it is the same machine, (10.0.0.4), and it didn't worked with 
the :162
> 
> 
>> Also, let's say I have on the snmpd.conf file this:
>>
>> proc  apache2 100 1
>>
>> And let's say that apache2 has stopped, will this triger a trap to the
>> trapserver?
> 
> Not by itself, no.
> Please see the snmpd.conf(5) man page - in particular, the section
> headed ACTIVE MONITORING.
> 
I'll take a look as soon as I have some time(little busy now), and will 
post back doubts, and stuff.
> Dave
> 
> 
Thanks a lot Dave.
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