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SNMPCONF(1)                                   Net-SNMP                                   SNMPCONF(1)



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  ques‐
       tions.

       In its default mode of operation, it prompts the user with menus showing sections of the var‐
       ious 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 configura‐
               tion 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 de‐
              scribing what each token does.  Try it.  It's cool.

NOTES
       snmpconf is actually a very generic utility that could be easily configured to help construct
       just  about  any kind of configuration file.  Its default configuration set of files are SNMP
       based.

SEE ALSO
       snmpd(8), snmp_config(5), snmp.conf(5), snmpd.conf(5)



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