On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 02:18:42PM +0000, Dave Shield wrote: > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 17:37, Magnus Fromreide wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 11:26:37AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > > I see that the types that can be returned > > > from a script called via pass or pass_persist are as follows: > > > > > > "The second line should be the TYPE of value returned, where TYPE is one > > > of > > > the text strings: string, integer, unsigned, objectid, timeticks, > > > ipaddress, > > > counter, or gauge." > > > > > > There are more types in snmp than this. > > > > Yes, you are right - they have missed counter64 and opaque in that > > collection. > > It's arguable whether it's worth supporting OPAQUE, since this is almost > never used in practise (our floating point type apart), and it would > require a detailed knowledge of BER encoding within the pass-through > script. But Counter64 would be a useful addition.
I have since had a look at the code and found, as you states below, that it look quite v1-ish but also that opaque actually is supported by the code, that is just a documentation defect. Of course it would be the not wanted one that was present. > This is actually a symptom of a deeper problem, in that the "pass" > extension API only really supports SNMPv1 style behaviour. > In particular, a GET request cannot distinguish between 'noSuchObject' > and 'noSuchInstance' exceptions, and the SET handling can't report > back most of the SNMPv2 errors - just 'notWritable' and 'wrongType' > > > I suppose the pass support could use some updating, or at least that > > the man page could use it if it is fixed in the code. > > No - it's a problem in the code, rather than the documentation. > If you do get around to updating this, please let me know so I > can adjust the relevant section in the book. Sorry, but that code didn't ring for me so I will leave it for someone else. /MF ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
