Adding "master agentx" line to snmpd.conf then running snmpd, then do ps -ef, snmpd not there

In following the tutorial for creating a subagent, the tutorial
instructs me to add the "master agent" line to snmpd.conf, which I do.
Then, I restart snmpd and do "ps -ef", and snmpd process doesn't appear.
The interesting thing is that when I execute snmpd, it appears to
execute from the command line. 

Just to ensure that I wasn't delusional, I removed the "master agentx"
line from snmpd.conf, and snmpd appeared in the list of running
processes when doing ps -ef. 

I first encountered this problem when I ran "example-daemon" in the
background, and kept getting:

Warning: Failed to connect to agentX master agent
messages, and then checked to ensure that snmpd was running, which it
apparently wasn't. 

I am running on Solaris 9 platform using net-snmp-5.4.1 build. 

Before attempting to get the subagent running, I did have snmpd running
without "master agentx" and successfully executed "snmpget sysUpTime.0"
etc. 

Does anyone have any idea why snmpd is not appearing in the list of
running processes?

########################################################################
###
#
# snmpd.conf
#
#   - created by the snmpconf configuration program
#
########################################################################
###
# SECTION: System Information Setup
#
#   This section defines some of the information reported in
#   the "system" mib group in the mibII tree.

# syslocation: The [typically physical] location of the system.
#   Note that setting this value here means that when trying to
#   perform an snmp SET operation to the sysLocation.0 variable will
make
#   the agent return the "notWritable" error code.  IE, including
#   this token in the snmpd.conf file will disable write access to
#   the variable.
#   arguments:  location_string

syslocation  Cambridge,MA

# syscontact: The contact information for the administrator
#   Note that setting this value here means that when trying to
#   perform an snmp SET operation to the sysContact.0 variable will make
#   the agent return the "notWritable" error code.  IE, including
#   this token in the snmpd.conf file will disable write access to
#   the variable.
#   arguments:  contact_string

syscontact  "Randy 5-1901"

# Turn on Master Agent X Support
master agentx

########################################################################
###
# SECTION: Access Control Setup
#
#   This section defines who is allowed to talk to your running
#   snmp agent.

# rwuser: a SNMPv3 read-write user
#   arguments:  user [noauth|auth|priv] [restriction_oid]

rwuser  randy  

# rouser: a SNMPv3 read-only user
#   arguments:  user [noauth|auth|priv] [restriction_oid]

rouser something 

# rocommunity: a SNMPv1/SNMPv2c read-only access community name
#   arguments:  community [default|hostname|network/bits] [oid]

rocommunity whatever 

# rwcommunity: a SNMPv1/SNMPv2c read-write access community name
#   arguments:  community [default|hostname|network/bits] [oid]

rwcommunity  private 127.0.0.1 



########################################################################
###
# SECTION: Trap Destinations
#
#   Here we define who the agent will send traps to.

# trap2sink: A SNMPv2c trap receiver
#   arguments: host [community] [portnum]

trap2sink  lca1099  

# trapcommunity: Default trap sink community to use
#   arguments: community-string

trapcommunity  public

# authtrapenable: Should we send traps when authentication failures
occur
#   arguments: 1 | 2   (1 = yes, 2 = no)

authtrapenable  2












Thanks,
Randy

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