MIB and OID returned together?

Hello,

I'm working on a tool to generate configuration files for an internal application. This application uses OIDs to do its thing. However, humans aren't particularly good at reading pure OIDs, so I want to present the person running the tool with the MIB string (if found/known) while using the OID internally for what needs to be done.

I'm writing this in Python using the official Net-SNMP Python bindings. So far, I have not found a way to return *both* the MIB and the OID when doing a query.

My current pseudo-code looks like:

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import netsnmp
from os import popen

session = netsnmp.Session(Host, Version, Community)
session.UseLongNames = 1
session.UseNumeric = 1
session.UseEnums = 1
session.UseSprintValue = 1

vars = netsnmp.VarList(netsnmp.Varbind('system'))
foo = session.walk(vars)

for var in vars:
    mn = popen("/usr/bin/snmptranslate -M %s -Oq '%s'" % (mibdirs, var.tag))
    mib = mn.readline().strip()
    mn.close()
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This strikes me as extraordinarily inefficient and wasteful. It's also incredibly slow and kinda stupid. :-)

There must be a better way to get *both* the MIB and the OID returned from an SNMP walk. Am I missing something simple?

Thanks!

Thomas Knox  Apple Inc | IS Delivery | Office (408) 783-9063 | Cell (571) 286-0814

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