Hi, Dave Shield wrote: >> Yes, moving the indexes to a separate location like /var/lib/snmp is a >> reasonable compromise. A good, documented way for using multiple mibs >> locations would be nice. > > You mean something like: > > $ man snmp.conf > [snip] > mibdirs (mib-dirs|+mib-dirs) > Look for textual MIBs to parse in the list of ':' > separated directories. If the > directive value starts with a '+' it prepends this list > to the front of the default > directory list compiled into the application. Note that > this value can be overridden > by the MIBDIRS environment variable.
OK, sorry for not RTFM... > If the person running the program doesn't have write access to the > index file, then the code to regenerate this file will simply fail > silently. The library will still build up the list of MIB file -> > MIB module mappings, but will just hold this in memory, and won't be > able to save it for future re-use. So the index file will remain out > of date, and further runs of this (or other) applications will > continue to ignore it. > When an authorized user (i.e. with write access) finally runs the > same command, then the index file *will* be updated and then be > available for all users (both privileged and not). In the restricted case (admin adding MIBs, daemon/program etc. running as user with restricted permissions), it is equivalent to having no .index files at all. ;-> bye, Roland ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
