On 17/07/07, Need Help <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am new to SNMP and I am
> not familiar with how people use SNMP in the "real world"
I suggest you talk to your customers, to find out what they expect
from the boxes you sell. We don't know anything about what sort
of equipment you are working with, so cannot sensibly comment
on what you should or shouldn't remove.
Unless you are particularly tight for space, I would be inclined
to leave most things in place, and just add support for your new
MIB file.
> Will someone please explain the difference between "--disable-mibs" and
> "--disable-mib-loading" options?
$ ./configure --help
--disable-mibs Do not install the mib files.
--disable-mib-loading Do not include code that parses and
manipulates the mib files.
The '--disable-mibs' flag will not attempt to install the MIB files
when you run "make install". But it does not touch the library
code - the agent/apps will still be able to parse MIB files if you
install them by hand.
The '--disable-mib-loading' code will strip out the library code that
parses MIB files. The resulting agent/'applications won't attempt
to read in any MIB files at all (even if they are installed).
> If we are not allowing "set" SNMP requests at this time, then would using
> the "--disable-set-support" option save me a lot of space or is it a minimal
> space savings?
Not a lot of space, no.
It's more of a security mechanism - removing the capability of handling
SET requests completely. Even if a SET-capable snmpd.conf file was
provided, the agent would still not accept SET requests.
I wouldn't bother with this unless you *know* that this is what you need.
> What exactly does "--enable-mini-agent" option do?
It removes all but the very bare bones of an agent.
Given the questions you've been asking so far, I really wouldn't bother
with any of these options. I would *STRONGLY* encourage you to use
as standard an environment as possible. The more you fiddle about
with these advances options, the more likely you are to run into
(unnecessary) difficulties.
Dave
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