Unknown engine ID
"Cardoza, Eric" <[email protected]>
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Greetings snmp users. I have configured my snmpd.conf file to use snmpv3, and I ran tests using snmp commands to verify that the snmpget and snmpwalk commands retrieve the requested data from the appropriate MIBs. However, I am encountering a situation where the engine ID seems to be getting dropped or lost after a short period of time (2 to 5 minutes). Since it is not always the same time period, it would not appear to be a coded timeout value. I did not specify an engine ID in the snmpd.conf file because I read that that is not the recommended procedure. So snmp should be generating the engine ID with its algorithm. Please see the snmpget commands below. The "timeticks" display the number of seconds following the startup of the snmpd daemon. Once the "Unknown engine ID" msg is returned, the only way to get snmp to process commands again is to restart the snmpd daemon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /etc > snmpget hostname sysUpTime.0 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (4555) 0:00:45.55 /etc > snmpget hostname sysUpTime.0 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (8348) 0:01:23.48 /etc > snmpget hostname sysUpTime.0 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (19107) 0:03:11.07 /etc > snmpget hostname sysUpTime.0 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (21359) 0:03:33.59 /etc > snmpget hostname sysUpTime.0 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (22596) 0:03:45.96 /etc > snmpget hostname sysUpTime.0 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (24334) 0:04:03.34 /etc > snmpget hostname sysUpTime.0 snmpget: Unknown engine ID (Sub-id not found: (top) -> sysUpTime) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Does anyone have ideas about what is causing the engine ID to get lost? Thanking you in advance. Eric Cardoza ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [email protected] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users