Re: snmpd.conf v3 file in non-standard directory

See if adding "-Dread_config" to the command line sheds any light on
what's going on.


On 15-Jul-2020 2:45 PM, Gershman, Vladimir wrote:
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> Hello,
>
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>
> I set up snmpv3 to use /home/user/.snmp/snmp.conf. My snmpd.conf is
> located  in /test/dir1/. There is the original /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
> file too.
>
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> The initial setup is for MD5/DES. I want to switch to SHA/AES. The
> steps to change are:
>
>  1. service snmpd stop
>  2. modify /user/.snmp/snmp.conf to use SHA/AES
>  3. run create user to use SHA/AES
>  4. service snmpd start ( it uses /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf)
>
>  
>
> This works - I can run “snmpwalk localhost”  and the system switched
> to SHA/AES.
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> When in step 5 I start snmpd with MY OWN snmpd.conf from  /test/dir1/
> such as “/usr/sbin/snmpd -c /test/dir1/snmpd.conf” , snmpwalk fails.
>
> When I revert back to MD5/DES, snmpwalk starts working again. As if it
> never switched to SHA/AES even though /var/lib/net-snmp/snmpd.conf
> contains correct SHA/AES OIDs and the user name.
>
>  
>
> So, why does snmpwalk fail when I use my own snmpd.conf, which is in
> some other directory?
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> Thank you,
>
> Vlad
>
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