| .TH SNMPD 1 "9 Sep 1995" |
| .ds )H U.C. Davis, ECE Dept. |
| .ds ]W VVERSIONINFO |
| .UC 4 |
| .SH NAME |
| snmpd - daemon to respond to SNMP request packets. |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B "snmpd [-a] [-d] [-q] [-p port] [-f] [-l logfile] [-L]" |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B snmpd |
| is a SNMP agent which binds to a port and awaits requests from |
| SNMP management software. Upon receiving a request, it processes the |
| request(s), collects the requested information and/or performs the |
| requested opperation(s) and returns the information to the sender. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .RS |
| .TP 6 |
| .B -a |
| Dumps the addresses the agent corresponds with to stderr or logfile. |
| .TP |
| .B -d |
| Dumps the sent and received UDP packets to stderr or logfile. |
| .TP |
| .B -q |
| Print simplier output for easier automated parsing. |
| .TP |
| .B -p port |
| Opens on |
| .I port |
| instead of the default SNMP agent port, 161. |
| .TP |
| .B -f |
| Don't fork() from the calling shell. |
| .TP |
| .B -l logfile |
| Log's all output from the agent (including stdout/err) to |
| .I logfile. |
| Defaults to a compiled option. |
| .TP |
| .B -L |
| Don't open a log file; use stdout/err instead. |
| .RE |
| .SH CONFIGURATION FILES |
| .PP |
| .B snmpd |
| checks for the existance of and parses the following files: |
| .RS |
| .TP 6 |
| .B PREFIX/lib/snmp/snmpd.conf |
| .TP |
| .B PREFIX/lib/snmp/snmpd.local.conf |
| Configures the agent. See snmpd.conf(5) for details. These files |
| are optional and are only used to configure the extensible portions of |
| the agent and the values of the community strings. By default, the |
| first community string ("public" by default) is allowed read-only access and the |
| second ("private" by default) is allowed write access as well. The |
| 3-5th community strings are read-only as well. |
| .TP |
| .B PREFIX/lib/snmp/mib.txt |
| Defines the mib it should use. |
| The location of this |
| .B mib.txt |
| file may by overridden at run time be setting the enviornmental variable |
| .B MIBFILE. |
| .TP |
| .B PREFIX/lib/snmp/mibs/ |
| The agent will also load all files in this directory as mibs also. It |
| will not, however, load any file that begins with a '.' or decend into |
| subdirectories. |
| .B |
| .TP |
| .B PREFIX/lib/snmp/party.conf |
| Defines the classic SNMP V2 parties. |
| .TP |
| .B PREFIX/lib/snmp/view.conf |
| Defines which parties defined in the |
| .B party.conf |
| have access to the |
| mibs in the |
| .B mib.txt |
| file. |
| .TP |
| .B PREFIX/lib/snmp/context.conf |
| Maps names to numerical view contexts. |
| .TP |
| .B PREFIX/lib/snmp/acl.conf |
| Defines the classic SNMP V2 action types usable by two communicating parties. |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| See the associated manual pages for information on the content of |
| these files. |
| .SH FILES |
| PREFIX/lib/snmpd.conf |
| .br |
| PREFIX/lib/snmpd.local.conf |
| .br |
| PREFIX/lib/snmp/snmpd.conf |
| .br |
| PREFIX/lib/snmp/party.conf |
| .br |
| PREFIX/lib/snmp/view.conf |
| .br |
| PREFIX/lib/snmp/context.conf |
| .br |
| PREFIX/lib/snmp/acl.conf |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| (in recomended reading order) |
| .PP |
| snmpd.conf(5), |
| party.conf(5), |
| view.conf(5), |
| context.conf(5), |
| acl.conf(5) |
| .\" Local Variables: |
| .\" mode: nroff |
| .\" End: |
