Re: Help on IP-MIB to change IP address via SNMP set command

yes sir! I was going on wrong way.

Thanks a lot sir for guidance

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Dave Shield <[email protected]>wrote:

> On 24 August 2011 19:54, devel tech <[email protected]> wrote:
> > sir! i was trying to change in IP-MIB.txt file of net-snmp mibs.
>
> No!
> You should *NOT* edit or change the text of MIB files.
> These are standard definitions, agreed by the networking community
> as a whole.   You cannot unilaterally decide to change how things should
> work.
> Any more than you can decide to invent a whole new set of email domains
> or alter how the web operates.
>
> Standards are standard - common agreements.
> That's the purpose of them.
>
>
> > now I am trying a very basic/ beginer level task.
>
>
> > Let me to share what i want to do?
> > 1. I installed snmpd and net-snmp agent in debian(ubuntu) and i want to
> load
> > my own MIB
>
> Ahem - that's not actually a "very basic" task.
> Implementing your own MIB is a medium-advanced task.
>
> I would *strongly* suggest that you spend some time working with the
> existing agent first, and gain a feel for how SNMP works in practise.
> That will save you (and us!) a lot of heartache in the long run.
>
> Don't even think about writing or coding your own MIBs until you are
> confident that you understand the structure, behaviour and ethos of
> SNMP and MIB design.
>
> >    (I change existing MIB of net-snmp and removed some objects like
> > sysContct and sysLocation and change the name of MIB and save it at
> > /usr/local/share/snmp/mibs and /root/.snmp/mibs paths),
>
> Nooooooo!!!!!
>
>
> > now i want to load it  and how can i change in Agent of snmp so that it
> must
> > use my-MIb file for objects like sysName .
>
> *Why* do you want to change sysName?
> What are you trying to do?
>
> If all you need is to change the value that is returned for this object,
> then have a look at the snmpd.conf(5) man page.   That explains how
> to do this.
>   If you have a different task in mind, then you need to explain yourself
> a bit more clearly.
>
> Dave
>

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