Re: SNMPv3 Debian Question

Hi Pushpa,

I was wondering whether commenting sysContact.0 in snmpd.conf file will
make it writeable again. Hence snmpset will execute successfully.

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Jayshankar

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Pushpa Thimmaiah <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Jayshankar,
>
> Because system.sysContact.0 is read-only.   snmpd.conf on your device
> could have directive 'sysContact'.
> snmpd.conf manpage says that specifying sysContact directives in
> snmpd.conf  makes the corresponding object read-only, and attempts to SET
> it will result in a *notWritable* error response.
>
> Thanks,
> Pushpa.T
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 10:55 AM, jayshankar nair <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am testing snmpset with snmpv3 rwuser myuser2. I am getting the below
>> errors.
>>
>> snmpset -v 3 -u myuser2 -l authNoPriv   -a MD5 -A my_password  localhost
>> system.sysContact.0  s  [email protected]‐gers.edu
>> Error in packet.
>> Reason: notWritable (That object does not support modification)
>> Failed object: SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0
>>
>> snmpget works fine.
>> SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: Alice.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jayshankar
>>
>> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:08 AM, Wes Hardaker <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> "Jan-Philipp Schollbach" <[email protected]> writes:
>>>
>>> > I configured by snmpd an v3 User with the command -->
>>> > sudo net-snmp-create-v3-user -ro -A 11111111 -a SHA -X 22222222 -x AES
>>> trap1111
>>>
>>> Was the snmpd agent running when you ran that command?  It actually
>>> can't be.  To add new users via the CLI, you need to stop the agent, run
>>> the command, and then restart it.
>>>
>>> (once you have an initial user configured, you can use snmpusm command
>>> to add new users to a live agent)
>>> --
>>> Wes Hardaker
>>> USC/ISI
>>>
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