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bsnmpd(1)

NAME

     snmpd -- simple and extendable SNMP daemon

SYNOPSIS

     snmpd [-dh] [-c file] [-D options] [-I paths] [-l prefix]
	   [-m variable[=value]] [-p file]

DESCRIPTION

     The snmpd daemon servers the internet SNMP (Simple Network Managment Pro-
     tocol).  It is intended to server only the absolute basic MIBs and imple-
     ment all other MIBs through loadable modules. In this way the snmpd can
     be used in unexpected ways.

     The options are as follows:

     -d 	 This option is used for debugging snmpd and causes it not to
		 daemonize itself.

     -h 	 This option prints a short usage message.

     -c file	 Use file as configuration file instead of the standard one.

     -D options  Debugging options are specified with a -o flag followed by a
		 comma separated string of options.  The following options are
		 available.

		 dump	      This option causes all sent and received PDUs to
			      be dumped to the terminal.

		 events       This causes the debugging level of the event
			      library (see eventlib(3)) to be set to 10.

		 trace=level  This option causes the snmp library trace flag
			      to be set to the specified value. The value can
			      be specified in the usual C-syntax for numbers.

     -I paths	 This option specifies a colon separated list of directories
		 to search for configuration include files. The default is
		 /etc:/usr/etc/:/usr/local/etc.  These paths are only searched
		 for include specified within <> parantheses.

     -l prefix	 The prefix is used as the default basename for the pid and
		 the configuration files.

     -m variable[=value]
		 Define a configuration variable.

     -p file	 Specify an alternate pid file instead of the default one.

CONFIGURATION

     The snmpd reads its configuration from either the default or the user
     specified configuration file. The configuration file consists of the fol-
     lowing types of lines:

	   o   variable assignments

	   o   section separators

     All MIB variable assignments of the entire configuration (including
     nested configuration files) are handled as one transaction, i.e. as if
     they arrived in a single SET PDU. Any failure during the initial configu-
     ration read causes snmpd to exit. A failure during the configuration read
     caused by a module load causes the loading of the module to fail.

     The configuration is red during initialisation of snmpd, when a module is
     loaded and when snmpd receives a SIGHUP.

   VARIABLE ASSIGNMENTS
     Variable assignments can take one of two forms:

	   variable := string
	   variable ?= string

     The string reaches from the first non-blank character after the equal
     sign until the first new line or ``#'' character. In the first case the
     string is assigned to the variable unconditionally, in the second case
     the variable is only assigned if it does not exist yet.

     Variable names must begin with a letter or underscore and contain only
     letters, digits or underscores.

   SECTION SEPARATORS
     The configuration consists of named sections. The MIB variable assign-
     ments in the section named ``snmpd'' are executed only during initial
     setup or when snmpd receives a SIGHUP. All other sections are executed
     when either a module with the same name as the section is loaded or snmpd
     receives a SIGHUP and that module is already loaded. The default section
     at the start of the configuration is ``snmpd''.  One can switch to
     another section with the syntax

	   %secname

     Where secname is the name of the section. The same secname can be used in
     more than one place in the configuration. All of these parts are col-
     lected into one section.

   INCLUDE DIRECTIVES
     Another configuration file can be included into the current one with the
     include directive that takes one of two forms:

	   .include "file"
	   .include <"file">

     The first form causes the file to be searched in the current directory,
     the second form causes the file to be searched in the directories speci-
     fied in the system include path. Nesting depths is only restricted by
     available memory.

   MIB VARIABLE ASSIGNMENTS
     A MIB variable is assigned with the syntax

	   oid [ suboids ] = value

     oid is the name of the variable to be set. Only the last component of the
     entire name is used here. If the variable is a scalar, the index (.0) is
     appended to the oid.

     For example a oid of

	   myvariable.27.foooll.[localhost]."&^!"

     results in the oid

	   myvariable.27.6.102.111.111.111.108.108.127.0.0.1.38.94.33

     The value of the assignment may be either empty, a string or a number.
     If a string starts with a letter or an underscore and consists only of
     letters, digits, underscores and minus signs, it can be written without
     quotes. In all other cases the string must be enclosed in double quotes.

SUBSTITUTIONS

     A variable substitution is written as

	   $(variable)

     where variable is the name of the variable to substitute. Using an unde-
     fined variable is considered an error.

FILES

     /etc/<prefix>.config   Default configuration file, where the default
			    <prefix> is ``snmpd''.
     /var/run/<prefix>.pid  Default pid file.
     /etc:/usr/etc/:/usr/local/etc
			    This is the default search path for system include
			    files.
     /usr/share/snmp/mibs/FOKUS-MIB.txt
     /usr/share/snmp/mibs/BEGEMOT-MIB.txt
     /usr/share/snmp/mibs/BEGEMOT-SNMPD.txt
			    The definitions for the MIBs implemented in the
			    daemon.

SEE ALSO

     gensnmptree(1)

STANDARDS

     The snmpd conforms to the applicable IETF RFCs.

AUTHORS

     Hartmut Brandt <harti@freebsd.org>

BUGS

     Sure.

FreeBSD 5.4			August 15, 2002 		   FreeBSD 5.4

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