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NAME

TinySNMPd − daemon to respond to SNMP request packets

SYNOPSIS

tinysnmpd [OPTIONS] <configfile> <modulepath>

DESCRIPTION

tinysnmpd is an SNMP agent which binds to a port and awaits requests from SNMP management software. Upon receiving a request, it processes the request(s), collects the requested information and returns the information to the sender.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.
−f | −−logfile=FILENAME

Location of log file. By default, messages will be logged to the console.

−s | −−syslog=FACILITY

The following facilities can be specified:

authpriv

security/authorization messages

cron

clock daemon

daemon

system daemons without separate facility

ftp

ftp daemon

kern

kernel messages

lpr

line printer subsystem

mail

mail subsystem

news

usenet news subsystem

syslog

messages generated internally by syslogd

user

generic user-level messages

uucp

uucp subsystem

local0

reserved for local use

...

local7

If this option is specified, messages will be logged to syslog. By default, messages will be logged to the console.

−l | −−loglevel=LEVEL

The following levels can be specified (in increasing order of verbosity):

quiet

No messages will be logged

errors

Only errors will be logged

warnings

Warnings & errors will be logged

normal

Default messages and all of the above

verbose

Verbose messages will also be logged

debug

Log debug messages as well

noisy

Noisy debug messages will be logged as well

If a log file is specified, TinySNMPd defaults to verbose , otherwise, noisy is selected.

−d | −−daemon

Run in the background. You need to specify a log file if you want to use this option.

−h | −−help

Show a help message.

<configfile>

Location of TinySNMPd configuration file.

<modulepath>

Path where mib libraries reside.

All of these options can also be found be executing the program with the −h or −−help options.

FILES

/etc/tinysnmp.conf

SEE ALSO

tinysnmp.conf(5)

BUGS

This agent is far from complete. So far, it only supports SNMPv1 packets over UDP (snmp-get, snmp-get-next), no snmp-set’s (i.e. you can’t change any data on the agent), and no traps.

AUTHOR

Written by Abraham vd Merwe <abz [AT] blio.com>