Re: SNMPD in chrooted environment

Wes Hardaker <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.net-snmp.user
Organization Sparta
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>>>>> "CR" == Christian Rost <[email protected]> writes:

CR> is there a way to run the snmpd in a chrooted environment? I've
CR> already searched the web, the FAQ/ wiki and the mailing list
CR> archives, but didn't find any clues. Does anybody accomplish it yet
CR> or know where to find an howto?

We've never spent much energy checking to see if that's possible.  A
typical snmpd agent needs a bunch of access to a bunch of system things
to enable it to return the right data.  Because of this, I don't think
you'll gain much protection from a change-root environment.
-- 
Wes Hardaker
Sparta, Inc.

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