SNMPD.CONF(5)

NAME
snmpd.conf - configuration file for snmpd and snmp-utils

DESCRIPTION
/etc/snmpd.conf is read by snmpd(8) and the related snmpwalk(1) , ... utilities.
The file consists of lines containg a <key> followd by a : and a <value> .
Lines beginning with a # and empty lines are ignored.
The recognized key, value pairs are as follows:

party.conf
    The supplied value is the path to the party.conf file; default is /etc/party.conf.

acl.conf
    The supplied value is the path to the acl.conf file; default is /etc/acl.conf.

view.conf
    The supplied value is the path to the view.conf file; default is /etc/view.conf.

context.conf
    The supplied value is the path to the context.conf file; default is /etc/context.conf.

port
    The port to open and listen to; default 161.

private
    The private communtiy string for V1 authentication; default is private.

system contact
    Return string for a system.sysContact request; default is Unknown.

system location
    Return string for a system.sysLocation request; default is Unknown.

system name
    Return string for a system.sysName request; default is the hostname.

interface
    The value must have three fields: a string naming the interface, a integer describing the type of the interface (ala RFC 1213) and a integer describing the speed of the interface. Multiple entries are possible. Look at the example below for a sample.

EXAMPLE
A sample /etc/snmpd.conf is:
## /etc/snmpd.conf:
##
## location of the config files:
##
party.conf:	/etc/party.conf
acl.conf:	/etc/acl.conf
view.conf:	/etc/view.conf
context.conf:	/etc/context.conf
##
## port to use (default is 161):
##
# port:		161
##
## private-community string (for SNMP V1):
## default is ``private''
##
# private:	private
##
## the entry of system.Contact and system.Location:
##
system contact:		Kaept'n B. Ertman (schoenfr@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de)
system location:	At Home - on the Bridge
## system name is per default determined from the hostname:
# system name:		chappell
##
## name, type and speed of interfaces:
##
interface:	lo0	24	20000000
interface:	eth0	 6	10000000
interface:	sl0	28	38400
interface:	sl1	28	38400
interface:	sl2	28	38400
interface:	sl3	28	38400
interface:	ppp0	23	38400
interface:	ppp1	23	38400
interface:	ppp2	23	38400
interface:	ppp3	23	38400
## end of /etc/snmpd.conf

SEE ALSO
snmpd(8),snmpwalk(1)

AUTHOR
Added for the Linux port by Erik Schoenfelder (schoenfr@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de), inspired by Juergen Schoenwaelder (schoenw@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de).