On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:59:46 -0800 Wes wrote:
WH> Robert> mention new option to disable set requests
WH> 
WH> Um, what's the purpose of this?  I am some what hesitant about
WH> implementing something like this since I'd bet (not having looked at
WH> the code admittedly) that it doesn't properly change the VACM tables
WH> as well?

No it doesn't. All it does is replace the vacm check call with a return not
writable. The eventual idea would be to exclude set processing code, also
reducing library/agent footprint.

WH> Why are we even trying to make this an option in the first place?
WH> It's taken SNMP years to try and become something usable for SETs and
WH> this seems like a step backwards not forwards.

It came up in IRC. Someone wanted a read-only system that couldn't turn into a
read-write system if misconfigured.

It's not the default. I see it akin to --disable-mibs. If they don't need the
functionality, why have it in the library/app?

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