Re: problem with snmpusm command

Hi,
 thanks a lot Dave, the problem got solved.
Actually the agent was reading the settings from /usr/local 
/share/snmpd.conf and not from /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf.

This command really helped me to solve the problem.

*snmpd -f -Le -Dread_config


thanks
kusuma
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> 2009/3/4 kusuma. bm <[email protected]>:
>   
>> Hi,
>> In /var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf on 172.10.1.4 , i gave
>> createUser initial MD5 initialpasswd
>>
>> The /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf contains
>> rwuser initial
>> rwuser wes
>>     
>
>
> If that information is in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf  (as you say here),
> but you can't see anything relevant in the vacm tables (as you say
> elsewhere),  then that would tend to indicate that the agent is not
> reading this config file.
>
>
>   
>> * * *snmpgetnext -v3 -u initial -l authNoPriv -a MD5 -A initialpassword
>> 172.10.1.4 .1
>> SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Linux kusuma 2.6.21.5-smp #2 SMP Tue Jun 19
>> 14:58:11 CDT 2007 i686  ---> is my output
>>
>> *
>> *Now if i try to give the command from snmptrapd
>>
>> snmpgetnext -v3 -u wes  -l authNoPriv -a MD5 -A initialpasswd 172.10.1.4
>> :161 .1.3.6.1.6.3.15
>> this vil give me
>> Error in packet.
>> Reason: authorizationError (access denied to that object)
>> *
>>     
>
> I.e. the user "wes" doesn't have access to anything.
> That also indicates that the agent isn't picking up the "rwuser wes" line.
>
>
>
>   
>> I am using net-snmp-5.2.1 as snmpd agent and yes i have compiled it myself.
>>     
>
> Try putting the rwuser lines in /usr/local/etc/snmpd.conf
> rather than /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
>
>
> If that doesn't work, try killing off the agent, and restarting it as
>
>      snmpd -f -Le -Dread_config
>
> That will display debugging information, including a list of where the agent
> is looking for configuration, and what settings it finds.
> That should help you track down where to put the snmpd.conf file.
>
> Dave
>
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