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Each agent has a community string associated with it. For example
for the snmpd agent the configuration file is /etc/snmpd.conf by
default. This file contains keywords for the read and write
community strings.

The manager uses "public" by default when it does any SNMP operation
on a device. To force a manager to use the community string that you
would like, you must put it in the Properties of that device in your map
using SunNet Manager. There are fields for Read and Write SNMP community 
strings.

If the agent has a community string that is different from the one the
manager is using, the agent does not send any response or rather sends
the trap message saying that.

I am referring to SunNet Manager 2.0. Read their docs for more info.


-fenil

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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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