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Net-SNMP                                              SNMPCONF(1)



NAME
     snmpconf - creates and modifies SNMP configuration files

SYNOPSIS
     snmpconf [OPTIONS] [fileToCreate]

     Start with:
          snmpconf -g basic_setup

     Or even just:
          snmpconf

DESCRIPTION
     snmpconf is a simple Perl script that walks you through set-
     ting  up  a  configuration  file step by step.  It should be
     fairly straight forward to use.  Merely run  it  and  answer
     its questions.

     In its default mode of operation, it prompts the  user  with
     menus showing sections of the various configuration files it
     knows about.  When the user selects a section, a sub-menu is
     shown  listing of the descriptions of the tokens that can be
     created in that section.  When a  description  is  selected,
     the  user is prompted with questions that construct the con-
     figuration line in question.

     Finally, when the user quits the program  any  configuration
     files  that  have  been  edited by the user are saved to the
     local directory, fully commented.

     A particularly useful option is the -g switch, which walks a
     user  through  a  specific  set  of configuration questions.
     Run:

          snmpconf -g basic_setup

     for an example.

OPTIONS
     -f      Force overwriting  existing  files  in  the  current
             directory  without  prompting  the user if this is a
             desired thing to do.

     -i      When finished, install the files into  the  location
             where  the  global  system  commands  expect to find
             them.

     -p      When finished, install the files into the users home
             directory's  .snmp  subdirectory (where the applica-
             tions will also search for configuration files).

     -I DIRECTORY



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             When finished, install the files into the  directory
             DIRECTORY.

     -a      Don't ask any questions.  Simply read in the various
             known  configuration  files  and write them back out
             again.  This has the effect of "auto-commenting" the
             configuration  files  for  you.  See the NEAT TRICKS
             section below.

     -rall|none
             Read in either all or none of the  found  configura-
             tion files.  Normally snmpconf prompts you for which
             files you wish to read in.  Reading in these  confi-
             guration  files  will  merge  these  files  with the
             results of the questions that it asks of you.

     -R FILE,...
             Read in a specific list of configuration files.

     -g GROUPNAME
             Groups of configuration entries can be created  that
             can be used to walk a user through a series of ques-
             tions  to  create  an  initial  configuration  file.
             There are no menus to navigate, just a list of ques-
             tions.  Run:

                  snmpconf -g basic_setup

             for a good example.

     -G      List all the known groups.

     -c CONFIGDIR
             snmpconf uses a directory of configuration  informa-
             tion  to learn about the files and questions that it
             should be asking.  This option tells snmpconf to use
             a different location for configuring itself.

     -q      Run  slightly  more  quietly.   Since  this  is   an
             interactive  program,  I don't recommend this option
             since it only removes information  from  the  output
             that is designed to help you.

     -d      Turn on lots of debugging output.

     -D      Add even more debugging output in the form  of  Perl
             variable dumps.



NEAT TRICKS
     snmpconf -g basic_setup



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          Have  I  mentioned  this  command  enough  yet?    It's
          designed  to  walk someone through an initial setup for
          the snmpd(8) daemon.  Really, you should try it.

     snmpconf -R /usr/local/snmp/snmpd.conf -a -f snmpd.conf
          Automatically reads in an snmpd.conf file (for example)
          and  adds  comments  to them describing what each token
          does.  Try it.  It's cool.

NOTES
     snmpconf is actually a very generic utility  that  could  be
     easily  configured  to help construct just about any kind of
     configuration file.  Its default configuration set of  files
     are SNMP based.

SEE ALSO
     snmpd(8), snmp_config(5), snmp.conf(5), snmpd.conf(5)

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     _______________________________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |          ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
    |____________________|__________________________________|_
    | Availability       |  system/management/snmp/net-snmp|
    |____________________|__________________________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Volatile                       |
    |____________________|_________________________________|

NOTES
     Source for net-snmp is available on http://opensolaris.org.























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