SNMPGET(1)SNMPGET(1)NAMEsnmpconf - creates and modifies snmp configuration files
SYNOPSISsnmpconf [options] [fileToCreate]
Start with:
snmpconf-g basic_setup
Or even just:
snmpconfDESCRIPTIONsnmpconf is a simple perl script that walks you through
setting 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 con
struct the configuration 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
applications will also search for configuration
files).
-I DIRECTORY
When finished, install the files into the directory
DIRECTORY.
-a Don't ask any questions. Simply read in the vari
ous known configuration files and write them back
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out again. This has the effect of "auto-comment
ing" the configuration files for you. See the neat
tricks section below.
-r all|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
configuration 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
questions to create an initial configuration file.
There are no menus to navigate, just a list of
questions. 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 inter
active 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 TRICKSsnmpconf-g basic_setup
Have I mentioned this command enough yet? It's
designed to walk someone through an initial setup
for the snmpd demon. Really, you should try it.
snmpconf-R /usr/local/snmp/snmpd.conf -a -f snmpd.conf
Automatically reads in a snmpd.conf file (for exam
ple) and adds comments to them describing what each
token does. Try it. It's cool.
NOTESsnmpconf is actually a very generic utility that could be
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easily configured to help construct just about any kind of
configuration file. Its default configuration set of
files are snmp based.
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