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