Installation : Installing and Configuring an SNMP Agent : Installing and Configuring an SNMP Agent on the Solaris Operating System : Configuring snmpd.conf

Configuring snmpd.conf

By default, you can run SNMP queries (walk, get) from any remote machine without changes to the snmpd.conf file. To quickly add a new community and client access, perform the following steps:

1.

Stop the SMA service by executing the following command:

# svcadm disable svc:/application/management/sma:default

2.

Add the read-only and the read-write community names.

a.

Add a read-only community name and the client/hostname/IP address under SECTION: Access Control Setup in the /etc/sma/snmp/snmpd.conf file, as the following excerpt shows:

################################################## SECTION: Access Control Setup# This section defines who is allowed to talk to your# running SNMP Agent.# rocommunity: a SNMPv1/SNMPv2c read-only access# community name# arguments: community# [default|hostname|network/bits] [oid]# rocommunity snmpclient 172.28.157.149#################################################

b.

Add a read-write community name and client/hostname/IP address under SECTION: Access Control Setup in the /etc/sma/snmp/snmpd.conf file, as the following excerpt shows:

################################################## SECTION: Access Control Setup# This section defines who is allowed to talk to your# running snmp agent.# rocommunity: a SNMPv1/SNMPv2c read-only access# community name# arguments: community# [default|hostname|network/bits] [oid]# rwcommunity snmpclient 172.28.157.149#################################################

3.

Start the SMA service by using the following command:

# svcadm enable svc:/application/management/sma:default

NOTE  Refer to the man snmpd.conf command for more information about configuring the snmpd.conf file.