Re: problem starting snmpd

Dave Shield <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.net-snmp.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
2009/8/4 niepa inter <[email protected]>:
> I am trying to run a master agent but it's failing and here is what I am
> getting back on the console. What surprise me is that the endpoint between
> the quotes "" has nothing. Localhost is set and 161 port is not in used at
> this time. Any suggestions regarding what I can do ?
>
>> [init_smux] bind failed: Address already in use
>> Error opening specified endpoint " "

How are you starting the agent?
In particular, who are you running the agent as?

That looks suspiciously like the errors produced when
you try to start things as a non-privileged user.
You typically need to start everything as root.

Dave

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