Re: Querying extended MIB , Permission denied
Jatin Davey <[email protected]>
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On 5/25/2010 1:53 PM, Dave Shield wrote: > On 25 May 2010 09:08, Jatin Davey<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> What are the permissions on the extend scripts on the remote machine? >>> >> [Jatin] I have given all permissions to all types of users but still i am >> getting the same error. >> > So > ls -l /home/proc_threads/xxx_script > shows > > -rwxr-xr-x ..... /home/proc_threads/xxx_script > > Correct? > [Jatin] correct. > > > >>> What happens if you try to run this manually on that box? >>> (i.e. not via snmpd) >>> >> [Jatin] When i run manually on the remote box i get the correct output. >> > Good. > > Is this running as root, or as a non-privileged user? > [Jatin] When i ran this command on the remote host i ran it by logging into the system as root. > If as root, what happens if you run as a normal user? > In particular, what happens if you run as the user that snmpd is running as? > [Jatin] To both the above questions i have no clue , Could you tell me how to find out the user being used by the snmpd daemon and how do i run the same command by logging into the sytstem with that user. > > > >>> What happens if you issue a "snmpwalk" command on the extend tables? >>> (from the Nagios server) >>> Do you see the expected output or not? >>> >> [Jatin] When i run from the nagios server i get the error message >> "Permission denied" >> > > So > "snmpwalk -v 2c -c xxxx XXXX NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::nsExtendObjects" > > gives "Permission denied" - nothing else? > [Jatin] Output from the nagios server when i use the check_snmp plugin to retrieve the extended MIB data is : [root@pc-fedora-1 libexec]# ./check_snmp -H x.x.x.x -C xxxx -o extOutput.1 SNMP OK - /home/xxx_xxx/xxxx: Permission denied | Output from the command mentioned above (snmpwalk command) when i execute from the Nagios server is : [root@pc-fedora-1 libexec]# snmpwalk -v 2c -c public 171.69.37.175 NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::nsExtendObjects NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::nsExtendObjects = No more variables left in this MIB View (It is past the end of the MIB tree) > What happens if you issue this command from the remote system itself? > [Jatin] snmpwalk command is not found on the remote system. I have just installed the snmpd agent and nothing else on the remote box as it satisfies my monitoring requirments. > What about from another system on the network? > [Jatin] Getting same message as mentioned above (the second message) when executed from other systems in the network. > What are the full access control settings in the snmpd.conf file on > the offending system? > > > > >>> Can you see anything from the offending system? (e.g. walking system) >>> >> [Jatin] I have the snmpd daemon configured for ifMIb and HOST-RESOURCES-MIB >> and the host returns correct values for them. I have also added the extended >> MIB in the snmpd.conf file so that i can query it. >> > It would definitely be worth seeing the snmpd.conf file, > so we can confirm there's nothing wrong there. > [Jatin] I dont think there would be anything wrong here as i follow the same set of steps on all the boxes to deploy the script. Anyways i will paste them here: view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.1 view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.25 view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.2 view systemview included .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021 I only use the view access control and no else configuration is done. > > > Dave > > Thanks Jatin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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