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lambert@vlsi.concordia.ca (Francois Lambert) writes:


>	I've tried running the snmp agents (snmp, snmp-midII and sun) with
>snm-1.1 and I can't seem to get any response from the requested system.  I'm not 
>even trying on a remote system, my request is for the same host I'm ruuning on!  
>For example, if I use the "Set request" option from the host's glyph and select
>"Get" from the request window I get "(no values retrieved)" for ALL possible
>combinations of agent-group.  Same thing occurs when I run from the prompt say:
>snm_cmd -a snmp-mibII -g system -n sysDescr -s, I get "no response from system".
>According to the user manual, this means the snmp agent is not running, but I
>know it's running.  What about the snmp.hosts file?  Should there be any special
>settings for my host?  Aren't the default values good enough?  There is not much
>information available on what the "read-community" and "write-community" field
>can or should be and what they entail...


The problem with the snmp.hosts file is that once you have 1 host
in it, you will have the define all other hosts too in the future. From
then on, no defaults apply anymore.

Are you sure the community name is the right one?


Richard.

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