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SNMPSET(1) Net-SNMP SNMPSET(1)

NAME
snmpset - communicates with a network entity using SNMP SET requests

SYNOPSIS
snmpset [COMMON OPTIONS] AGENT OID TYPE VALUE [OID TYPE VALUE]...

DESCRIPTION
snmpset is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP SET request to set information on a net-
work entity. One or more object identifiers (OIDs) must be given as arguments on the com-
mand line. A type and a value to be set must accompany each object identifier. Each
variable name is given in the format specified in variables(5).

The TYPE is a single character, one of:
i INTEGER
u UNSIGNED
s STRING
x HEX STRING
d DECIMAL STRING
n NULLOBJ
o OBJID
t TIMETICKS
a IPADDRESS
b BITS
Most of these will use the obvious corresponding ASN.1 type. 's', 'x', 'd' and 'b' are
all different ways of specifying an OCTET STRING value, and the 'u' unsigned type is also
used for handling Gauge32 values.

If you have the proper MIB file loaded, you can, in most cases, replace the type with an
'=' sign. For an object of type OCTET STRING this will assume a string like the 's' type
notation. For other types it will do "The Right Thing".

For example:

snmpset -c private -v 1 test-hub system.sysContact.0 s dpz AT noc.edu ip.ipforward-
ing.0 = 2

will set the variables sysContact.0 and ipForwarding.0:

system.sysContact.0 = STRING: "dpz AT noc.edu"
ip.ipForwarding.0 = INTEGER: not-forwarding(2)

If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an error packet will be
returned and a message will be shown, helping to pinpoint in what way the request was mal-
formed.

OPTIONS
snmpset takes the common options described in the snmpcmd(1) manual page. Note that sn-
mpset REQUIRES an argument specifying the agent to query and at least one set of
OID/type/value arguments, as described in there.