Re: is it possible to set the community from a subagent

On 18/02/2008, William Hegardt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What are you actually trying to do?
>
>  My subagent needs to be able to configure the community settings for the
> master agent. Rather than modify snmpd.conf, I was looking for an API that
> would let me change this from the subagent.

Sorry - there's no such API.
Your only option is to modify the snmpd.conf file, and send a HUP signal
to the master agent.

The safest approach would probably be to choose a different location
on the config search path, and use that for the subagent-controlled file
(containing *just* the ro/rwcommunity settings), rather than tweaking
the main snmpd.conf file.


>    .... but when the end-user wants to set specific community strings, it
> would be easier if the subagent application could do it directly.

That still sounds odd - why would the end-user be communicating with
a subagent to do this?   If anything, I'd expect the end-user to be
communicating with the master agent, which would then choose how
to process that request (either internally, or passed on to a subagent).

  But I presume you know what you're doing.

Dave

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