Re: how to start snmpd in Ubuntu

Try executing snmpd on foreground

# snmpd -f -Lo -C -c <path for snmpd.conf>

see if it generate any error message ..

check for valid config stuff in snmpd.conf.. snmpconf -g basic_setup may
help to configure snmpd.conf



On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Abraham Varricatt <
[email protected]<abraham.varricatt%[email protected]>
> wrote:

> I've done a compile & install of net-snmp 5.5 according to the
> instructions in INSTALL. How do I start the snmpd agent on my system ?
> (Ubuntu 10.04 running in VirtualBox)
>
> This doesn't work,
>
> > snmpd -c .snmp/snmpd.conf
> > snmpget -v 2c -c private localhost SNMPv2-MIB::sysUpTime.0
> Timeout: No Response from localhost.
>
> In fact, I don't see snmpd anywhere when I try "ps -ae" either !
>
> Puzzled,
> Abraham Varricatt
>
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