Does snmpd run by default in Snow Leopard?

[wilsonhaven]

I started up iftop and noticed that my system (MBP 5,3 10.6.4) is querying a printer on my home network with snmp. I checked the plist file and the "disable" parameter is checked. How do I turn it off? Thanks.

 

[wilsonhaven]

//bump thx

 

[wilsonhaven]

snmpd plist configuration to disable snmpd

This is my config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Disabled</key>
	<true/>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>org.net-snmp.snmpd</string>
	<key>OnDemand</key>
	<false/>
	<key>Program</key>
	<string>/usr/sbin/snmpd</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>snmpd</string>
		<string>-f</string>
	</array>
	<key>ServiceIPC</key>
	<false/>
</dict>
</plist>

As I read the file, the disable key is true and ondemand is false. Is there another way for this daemon to be started? I don't want it on. The only reference information I can find is old (2008) and refers to an obsolete file (/etc/hostconfig.)

Can someone point me to the reference material on how Mac OS X 10.6 works? Is this forum the best place to find OS-level detail information? I'm looking for something similar to the fedoraforum site for fedora linux info sharing.

Thanks!

 

[wilsonhaven]

Apparently the Apple OS X Technologies forum is the goto source.

https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_technologies

It also seems that launchctl is the tool for controlling launchd.

Cheers.