Ubuntu Manpage: snmpconf - creates and modifies SNMP configuration files

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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 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  construct  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 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 configuration 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 information 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
              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