You may stop snmpd with ProcessViewer or at the command line (kill -HUP ). Since snmpd reads its conf files at startup, changes to the conf files require that the process be stopped and restarted. Note that only root has write permission for /usr/share/snmp/. Otherwise the default location for the file to be written is the user's home directory (~/). As root, use this script with the '-i' flag to install the file at /usr/share/snmp/. See the snmpd man page for more information on which conf files can be used.Ĭonfiguration files can be created and installed more elegantly using the included script /usr/bin/snmpconf. The snmpd process can be started with a '-c' flag to indicate other conf files. If you have an environment variable SNMPCONF, snmpd will read any files named 'nf' and '' in these directories. The configuration (conf) file for snmpd is typically at /usr/share/snmp/ and named 'nf' or ''. This change to hostconfig causes snmpd to be executed during system startup, with no options, as dictated by the file /System/Library/StartupItems/SNMP/SNMP.Īs an alternative, the snmp agent (/usr/sbin/snmpd) can be executed at the command line at any time. Note: For further instruction on editing configuration files, including important precautionary statements, see technical document 106619, 'Mac OS X Server: How to Edit Configuration Files'. See the snmpd man page for more information.įollow these steps for Mac OS X Server 10.1.5 or later: There are flags available for snmpd that will change the uid and gid of the process after it starts. If you do not, seek assistance or additional information. You should only use setuid as root if you understand the ramifications. For this reason and others, it must be executed by root or using setuid. The default configuration of snmpd uses privileged port 161. To learn more, consult the various SNMP information sources listed below.Ģ.

Once SNMP is active, anyone with a route to the SNMP host will be able to collect SNMP data from it. Note: Apple only provides technical support for the SNMP tools on the Admin CD when they are used with Mac OS X Server 10.1.5 or later.ġ. If you do not have access to the CD, you may download current SNMP source from the NET-SNMP Project Home Page ( ). Note: Mac OS X Server 10.1.5 is available only with Xserve computers shipped before the release of Mac OS X Server 10.2. If you have access to a Mac OS X Server 10.1.5 or later Admin CD, the SNMP package on the CD may be used to install UCD-SNMP 4.2.3 on these systems. The following operating systems require that SNMP be built and installed: If you do not have the file /usr/sbin/snmpd, then SNMP is not installed.

Mac OS X Server 10.1.5 or later includes a version of SNMP (UCD-SNMP v. To use SNMP for monitoring or data collection, an SNMP agent (snmpd) must be running on the monitored Mac OS X Server host (computer).

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