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NAME

       snmp.conf - configuration files for the Net-SNMP applications

DESCRIPTION

       Applications  built  using  the Net-SNMP libraries typically use one or more configuration
       files to  control  various  aspects  of  their  operation.   These  files  (snmp.conf  and
       snmp.local.conf)  can  be  located  in  one  of  several  locations,  as  described in the
       snmp_config(5) manual page.

       In particular, /etc/snmp/snmp.conf is a common file, containing the settings shared by all
       users  of the system.  ~/.snmp/snmp.conf is a personal file, with the settings specific to
       a particular user.

HOST-SPECIFIC FILES

       Host-specific files may also be loaded and will be searched for if  a  transport  name  is
       specified  that  matches  a  PATH/hosts/HOST.conf  file.   For  example,  if  you wanted a
       particular host to use SNMPv2c by default you could create a ~/.snmp/hosts/NAME.conf  file
       and in it put:

              defVersion 2c

       Any  connections  set  to  connect  to  the  hostname NAME will use SNMPv2c.  Also see the
       transport token below for additional host-specific examples.

       Host-specific configuration files are loaded at the time the connection is  opened.   Thus
       they're  generally  loaded after all other configuration files and can be used to override
       settings from the generic files.

       To avoid loading any host-specific config files  set  "dontLoadHostConfig  true"  in  your
       snmp.conf file.

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

       All  of  the  tokens  described  in  this file can be used on the command line of Net-SNMP
       applications   as   well    by    prefixing    them    with    "--".     EG,    specifying
       --dontLoadHostConfig=true  on  the  command line will turn of loading of the host specific
       configuration files.

IMPORTANT NOTE

       Several of these directives may contain sensitive  information  (such  as  pass  phrases).
       Configuration  files  that  include  such  settings  should  only  be readable by the user
       concerned.

       As well as application-specific configuration tokens, there are  several  directives  that
       relate  to  standard  library  behaviour, relevant to most Net-SNMP applications.  Many of
       these correspond to standard command-line options, which are described in  the  snmpcmd(1)
       manual page.

       These directives can be divided into several distinct groups.

CLIENT BEHAVIOUR

       defDomain application domain
              The  transport  domain  that  should  be used for a certain application type unless
              something else is specified.

       defTarget application domain target
              The target that should be used for connections to  a  certain  application  if  the
              connection should be in a specific domain.

       defaultPort PORT
              defines  the default UDP port that client SNMP applications will attempt to connect
              to.  This can be overridden by explicitly including a  port  number  in  the  AGENT
              specification.  See the snmpcmd(1) manual page for more details.

              If not specified, the default value for this token is 161.

       transport HOSTSPECIFIER
              This special token should go into a hostname-specific configuration file in a hosts
              sub-directory.  For example if the file hosts/foo.conf exists in the search path it
              will  be  loaded if a transport name of foo was used.  Within the foo.conf file you
              may put both general snmp.conf settings as well as a special  transport  string  to
              specify the destination to connect to.  For example, putting:

                     transport tcp:foo.example.com:9876

              in  the  hosts/foo.conf  file  will  make applications referencing the foo hostname
              (e.g. snmpget) to actually connect via TCP to foo.exmaple.com on port 9876.

       defVersion (1|2c|3)
              defines the default version of SNMP to use.  This can be overridden  using  the  -v
              option.

       defCommunity STRING
              defines  the default community to use for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c requests.  This can be
              overridden using the -c option.

       alias NAME DEFINITION
              Creates an aliased tied to NAME for a given transport definition.   The  alias  can
              the   be  referred  to  using  an  alias:  prefix.   Eg,  a  line  of  "alias  here
              udp:127.0.0.1:6161" would allow you to  use  a  destination  host  of  "alias:here"
              instead  of  "udp:127.0.0.1:6161".  This becomes more useful with complex transport
              addresses involving IPv6 addresses, etc.

       dumpPacket yes
              defines whether to display a hexadecimal dump of the raw  SNMP  requests  sent  and
              received by the application.  This is equivalent to the -d option.

       doDebugging (1|0)
              turns on debugging for all applications run if set to 1.

       debugTokens TOKEN[,TOKEN...]
              defines  the  debugging  tokens  that  should be turned on when doDebugging is set.
              This is equivalent to the -D option.

       16bitIDs yes
              restricts requestIDs, etc to 16-bit values.

              The SNMP specifications define these ID fields as 32-bit quantities, and  the  Net-
              SNMP  library  typically  initialises  them to random values for security.  However
              certain (broken) agents cannot handle ID values greater than  2^16  -  this  option
              allows interoperability with such agents.

       clientaddr [<transport-specifier>:]<transport-address>
              specifies  the  source address to be used by command-line applications when sending
              SNMP requests. See snmpcmd(1) for more information about the format of addresses.

              This value is also used by snmpd when generating notifications.

       clientRecvBuf INTEGER
              specifies the desired size of the buffer to be used  when  receiving  responses  to
              SNMP  requests.   If  the OS hard limit is lower than the clientRecvBuf value, then
              this will be used instead.  Some platforms may decide to increase the size  of  the
              buffer actually used for internal housekeeping.

              This directive will be ignored if the platforms does not support setsockopt().

       clientSendBuf INTEGER
              is  similar  to  clientRecvBuf,  but  applies  to  the size of the buffer used when
              sending SNMP requests.

       noRangeCheck yes
              disables the validation of varbind  values  against  the  MIB  definition  for  the
              relevant OID.  This is equivalent to the -Ir option.

              This directive is primarily relevant to the snmpset command, but will also apply to
              any application that calls snmp_add_var() with a non-NULL value.

       noTokenWarnings
              disables warnings about unknown config file tokens.

       reverseEncodeBER (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              controls how the encoding of SNMP requests is handled.

              The default behaviour is to encode packets starting from the end  of  the  PDU  and
              working backwards.  This directive can be used to disable this behaviour, and build
              the encoded request in the (more obvious) forward direction.

              It should not normally be necessary to change this  setting,  as  the  encoding  is
              basically  the  same  in  either  case - but working backwards typically produces a
              slightly more efficient encoding, and hence a smaller network datagram.

       dontLoadHostConfig (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Specifies whether or not the host-specific configuration files are loaded.  Set  to
              "true" to turn off the loading of the host specific configuration files.

       retries INTEGER
              Specifies the number of retries to be used in the requests.

       timeout INTEGER
              Specifies the timeout in seconds between retries.

SNMPv3 SETTINGS

       defSecurityName STRING
              defines  the  default  security  name  to  use  for  SNMPv3  requests.  This can be
              overridden using the -u option.

       defSecurityLevel noAuthNoPriv|authNoPriv|authPriv
              defines the default security level  to  use  for  SNMPv3  requests.   This  can  be
              overridden using the -l option.

              If not specified, the default value for this token is noAuthNoPriv.

              Note:  authPriv  is  only  available  if  the software has been compiled to use the
                     OpenSSL libraries.

       defPassphrase STRING

       defAuthPassphrase STRING

       defPrivPassphrase STRING
              define the default authentication and  privacy  pass  phrases  to  use  for  SNMPv3
              requests.  These can be overridden using the -A and -X options respectively.

              The  defPassphrase  value  will  be used for the authentication and/or privacy pass
              phrases if either of the other directives are not specified.

       defAuthType MD5|SHA

       defPrivType DES|AES
              define the default authentication and privacy protocols to use for SNMPv3 requests.
              These can be overridden using the -a and -x options respectively.

              If  not  specified,  SNMPv3  requests  will  default  to MD5 authentication and DES
              encryption.

              Note:  If the software has not been compiled to use  the  OpenSSL  libraries,  then
                     only  MD5  authentication  is supported.  Neither SHA authentication nor any
                     form of encryption will be available.

       defContext STRING
              defines the default context to use for SNMPv3 requests.   This  can  be  overridden
              using the -n option.

              If not specified, the default value for this token is the default context (i.e. the
              empty string "").

       defSecurityModel STRING
              defines the security model to use for SNMPv3 requests.  The default value is  "usm"
              which is the only widely used security model for SNMPv3.

       defAuthMasterKey 0xHEXSTRING

       defPrivMasterKey 0xHEXSTRING

       defAuthLocalizedKey 0xHEXSTRING

       defPrivLocalizedKey 0xHEXSTRING
              define  the (hexadecimal) keys to be used for SNMPv3 secure communications.  SNMPv3
              keys are frequently derived from a passphrase, as discussed  in  the  defPassphrase
              section  above.  However for improved security a truely random key can be generated
              and used instead (which would normally has better entropy than a password unless it
              is  amazingly  long).  The directives are equivalent to the short-form command line
              options -3m, -3M, -3k, and -3K.

              Localized keys are master keys which have been converted to a unique key  which  is
              only  suitable  for on particular SNMP engine (agent).  The length of the key needs
              to be appropriate for the authentication or encryption type being used (auth  keys:
              MD5=16  bytes,  SHA1=20 bytes; priv keys: DES=16 bytes (8 bytes of which is used as
              an IV and not a key), and AES=16 bytes).

       sshtosnmpsocket PATH
              Sets the path of the sshtosnmp  socket  created  by  an  application  (e.g.  snmpd)
              listening for incoming ssh connections through the sshtosnmp unix socket.

       sshtosnmpsocketperms MODE [OWNER [GROUP]]
              Sets  the  mode,  owner and group of the sshtosnmp socket created by an application
              (e.g. snmpd) listening for incoming ssh  connections  through  the  sshtosnmp  unix
              socket.   The  socket  needs  to  be  read/write  privileged for SSH users that are
              allowed to connect to the SNMP service (VACM access still needs to  be  granted  as
              well, most likely through the TSM security model).

       sshusername NAME
              Sets the SSH user name for logging into the remote system.

       sshpubkey FILE
              Set the public key file to use when connecting to a remote system.

       sshprivkey FILE
              Set the private key file to use when connecting to a remote system.

SERVER BEHAVIOUR

       persistentDir DIRECTORY
              defines  the  directory  where  snmpd  and snmptrapd store persistent configuration
              settings.

              If not specified, the persistent directory defaults to /var/lib/snmp

       noPersistentLoad yes

       noPersistentSave yes
              disable the loading and saving of persistent configuration information.

              Note:  This will break SNMPv3  operations  (and  other  behaviour  that  relies  on
                     changes persisting across application restart).  Use With Care.

       tempFilePattern PATTERN
              defines a filename template for creating temporary files, for handling input to and
              output from external shell commands.  Used by the mkstemp() and mktemp() functions.

              If not specified, the default pattern is "/tmp/snmpdXXXXXX".

       serverRecvBuf INTEGER
              specifies the desired size of the buffer to be used when  receiving  incoming  SNMP
              requests.   If  the  OS hard limit is lower than the serverRecvBuf value, then this
              will be used instead.  Some platforms may decide to increase the size of the buffer
              actually used for internal housekeeping.

              This directive will be ignored if the platforms does not support setsockopt().

       serverSendBuf INTEGER
              is  similar  to  serverRecvBuf,  but  applies  to  the size of the buffer used when
              sending SNMP responses.

MIB HANDLING

       mibdirs DIRLIST
              specifies a list of directories to search for MIB files.  This operates in the same
              way  as  the  -M  option - see snmpcmd(1) for details.  Note that this value can be
              overridden by the MIBDIRS environment variable, and the -M option.

       mibs MIBLIST
              specifies a list of MIB modules (not files) that should be loaded.   This  operates
              in the same way as the -m option - see snmpcmd(1) for details.  Note that this list
              can be overridden by the MIBS environment variable, and the -m option.

       mibfile FILE
              specifies a (single) MIB file to load, in addition to the list read from  the  mibs
              token (or equivalent configuration).  Note that this value can be overridden by the
              MIBFILES environment variable.

       showMibErrors (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              whether to display MIB parsing errors.

       commentToEOL (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              whether MIB parsing should be strict about comment termination.  Many  MIB  writers
              assume  that  ASN.1  comments extend to the end of the text line, rather than being
              terminated by the next "--" token.  This token can be used to accept such (strictly
              incorrect) MIBs.
              Note  that  this directive was previous (mis-)named strictCommentTerm, but with the
              reverse behaviour from that implied by the  name.   This  earlier  token  is  still
              accepted for backwards compatibility.

       mibAllowUnderline (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              whether  to  allow underline characters in MIB object names and enumeration values.
              This token can be used to accept such (strictly incorrect) MIBs.

       mibWarningLevel INTEGER
              the minimum warning level of the warnings printed by the MIB parser.

OUTPUT CONFIGURATION

       logTimestamp (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Whether the commands should log timestamps with their error/message logging or not.
              Note that output will not look as pretty with timestamps if the source code that is
              doing the logging does incremental logging of messages that are not  line  buffered
              before  being  passed  to the logging routines.  This option is only used when file
              logging is active.

       printNumericEnums (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Equivalent to -Oe.

       printNumericOids (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Equivalent to -On.

       dontBreakdownOids (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Equivalent to -Ob.

       escapeQuotes (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Equivalent to -OE.

       quickPrinting (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Equivalent to -Oq.

       printValueOnly (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Equivalent to -Ov.

       dontPrintUnits (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Equivalent to -OU.

       numericTimeticks (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Equivalent to -Ot.

       printHexText (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Equivalent to -OT.

       hexOutputLength integer
              Specifies where to break up the output of hexadecimal strings.  Set to 0 to disable
              line breaks.  Defaults to 16.

       suffixPrinting (0|1|2)
              The value 1 is equivalent to -Os and the value 2 is equivalent to -OS.

       oidOutputFormat (1|2|3|4|5|6)
              Maps  -O  options as follow: -Os=1, -OS=2, -Of=3, -On=4, -Ou=5.  The value 6 has no
              matching -O option. It suppresses output.

       extendedIndex (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Equivalent to -OX.

       noDisplayHint (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
              Disables the use of DISPLAY-HINT information when parsing  indices  and  values  to
              set. Equivalent to -Ih.

FILES

       System-wide configuration files:
              /etc/snmp/snmp.conf
              /etc/snmp/snmp.local.conf

       User-specific configuration settings:
              $HOME/.snmp/snmp.conf
              $HOME/.snmp/snmp.local.conf

       Destination host specific files:
              /etc/snmp/hosts/HOSTNAME.conf
              $HOME/.snmp/hosts/HOSTNAME.conf

SEE ALSO

       snmp_config(5), netsnmp_config_api(3), snmpcmd(1).