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Spike099

macrumors regular
Original poster
Feb 18, 2007
143
0
Canada
Hey Guys,

I'm not all that familiar with SNMP. However I know it can be used to get the current bandwidth utilization using "ifSpeed".

First off, I'm not certain how to obtain the MIB tree. snmpwalk returns the following:

Code:
> snmpwalk -v1 -c public localhost
SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: Administrator <postmaster@example.com>
End of MIB

This doesn't look right does it? Is my MIB incomplete?

When I start SNMP I get some config errors. However its the default config!

Code:
> snmpd -L
Couldn't find a table entry for the model name MacBook5,1
Sensor Data Collection not supported
Error opening specified endpoint ""
Server Exiting with code 1

I've been playing with the config file, this is what it looks like now.

Code:
###########################################################################
#
# snmpd.conf
#
# - created by the snmpconf configuration program
#
###########################################################################
# SECTION: Access Control Setup
#
# This section defines who is allowed to talk to your running
# snmp agent.

# rouser: a SNMPv3 read-only user
# arguments: user [noauth|auth|priv] [restriction_oid]

rouser public auth

# rocommunity: a SNMPv1/SNMPv2c read-only access community name
# arguments: community [default|hostname|network/bits] [oid]

rocommunity public localhost/32

###############################################################################
# Access Control
###############################################################################

# As shipped, the snmpd demon will only respond to queries on the
# system mib group until this file is replaced or modified for
# security purposes. Examples are shown below about how to increase the
# level of access.

# By far, the most common question I get about the agent is "why won't
# it work?", when really it should be "how do I configure the agent to
# allow me to access it?"
#
# By default, the agent responds to the "public" community for read
# only access, if run out of the box without any configuration file in 
# place. The following examples show you other ways of configuring
# the agent so that you can change the community names, and give
# yourself write access to the mib tree as well.
#
# For more information, read the FAQ as well as the snmpd.conf(5)
# manual page.

####
# First, map the community name "public" into a "security name"

# sec.name source community
# com2sec notConfigUser	default public

com2sec notConfigUser	localhost/32 public

####
# Second, map the security name into a group name:

# groupName securityModel securityName
group notConfigGroup v1 notConfigUser
group notConfigGroup v2c notConfigUser

####
# Third, create a view for us to let the group have rights to:

# Make at least snmpwalk -v 1 localhost -c public system fast again.
# name incl/excl subtree mask(optional)
view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.1
view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1.1

####
# Finally, grant the group read-only access to the systemview view.

# group context sec.model sec.level prefix read write notif
access notConfigGroup "" any noauth exact systemview none none

###########################################################################
# SECTION: System Information Setup
#
# This section defines some of the information reported in
# the "system" mib group in the mibII tree.

# syslocation: The [typically physical] location of the system.
# Note that setting this value here means that when trying to
# perform an snmp SET operation to the sysLocation.0 variable will make
# the agent return the "notWritable" error code. IE, including
# this token in the snmpd.conf file will disable write access to
# the variable.
# arguments: location_string

syslocation work

# syscontact: The contact information for the administrator
# Note that setting this value here means that when trying to
# perform an snmp SET operation to the sysContact.0 variable will make
# the agent return the "notWritable" error code. IE, including
# this token in the snmpd.conf file will disable write access to
# the variable.
# arguments: contact_string

syscontact test@test.com

I'm running OS X 10.6.4.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
 

Spike099

macrumors regular
Original poster
Feb 18, 2007
143
0
Canada
Og I got it!

Ok, I solved it.

I changed back to the default config and made the following changes

from
com2sec local localhost COMMUNITY
to
com2sec local localhost public

from
rocommunity public default .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4
to
#rocommunity public default .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4

I should change this as it's probably a security issue that i am opening the public to view all snmp info. But at the moment I just want to see the list.
 
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