NAME

snmpd —

Simple Network Management Protocol daemon

SYNOPSIS

snmpd

[-dNnv] [-D macro=value] [-f file] [-r path]

DESCRIPTION

snmpd is a daemon which implements the SNMP protocol.

The options are as follows:

-D macro=value

Define macro to be set to value on the command line. Overrides the definition of macro in the configuration file.

-d

Do not daemonize and log to stderr.

-f file

Use file as the configuration file, instead of the default /etc/snmpd.conf.

-N

Show numeric OID values instead of their symbolic names.

-n

Configtest mode. Only check the configuration file for validity.

-r path

Open a second, restricted, control socket that snmpctl(8) can use. Only trap requests are allowed on this socket.

-v

Produce more verbose output.

FILES

/etc/snmpd.conf

default snmpd configuration file

/var/run/snmpd.sock

default snmpd control socket

/usr/share/snmp/mibs/*

snmpd Management Information Base definitions

SEE ALSO

snmpd.conf(5), snmpctl(8)

A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), RFC 1157, May 1990.

SNMP Version 3 (SNMPv3), http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/projects/snmpv3/, March 2002.

Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework, RFC 3410, December 2002.

HISTORY

The snmpd program first appeared in OpenBSD 4.3.

AUTHORS

The snmpd program was written by Reyk Floeter ⟨reyk@vantronix.net⟩.

CAVEATS

snmpd does not fully work yet.