Re: SNMPD in chrooted environment

Thomas Anders <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.net-snmp.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Wes Hardaker wrote:
>>>>>> "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.

I wouldn't say the benefit is low. OTOH, the effort to accomplish it is
definitely high. It will also depend on OS, net-snmp compile time
configuration and run-time configuration.

If you ever get it done, please make sure you take notes and publish
them in the net-snmp Wiki!


+Thomas

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Thomas Anders (thomas.anders at blue-cable.de)

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