RE: snmpd.conf and 'sys*' Configuration Directives

Hi Wes,
 
I see you're trying to catch up on some queries to net-snmp-users - thx. Please see below.
 
On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 at 18:26:00, Wes Hardaker wrote:
> David Hauck <[email protected]> writes:
> 
>> It seems that there is no way to "reset" the sys* configuration
>> directives (sysName/sysDescr/sysLocation/sysContact
> 
> If you have set them with an snmpset, 

This was indirectly implied (reference to "configuration directive" and 'pkill -HUP snmpd'), but "no", I'm refering to these values being set via the snmpd.conf/kill -HUP mechanism.

> then the persistent state is
> stored in /var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf by default (though some linux
> distributions move it to /var/run/net-snmp/snmpd.conf).  It is in there that the new values are stored.
> 
> SNMP doesn't have a "delete" command, so it isn't really possible to
> delete a value via snmp.  You can set it to blank, or another value, but not to "go away".

Yes, this is fine, and I'm curious how to "reset" the value to blank via the snmpd.conf file. I couldn't see a way to do this (i.e., enter an "empty string").

Thanks,
-David

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