There was some discussion in the IRC channel this morning about the default
behavior of snmpwalk biting newbies. They will often run snmpwalk without
specifying a starting point, and by default snmpwalk will start the walk on
the mib-2 branch. This leaves users puzzled as to why they aren't getting
enterprise MIB objects.
There were a few proposals for a possible fix:
a) start at .1
pros: will show all available objects
cons: will show all available objects
b) start at mib-2, but print a message to stderr (much like we do when we
default to stderr for logging)
pros: user advised that only a portion of mib is being used
cons: slight change in behavior (can be mitigated with config token to
disable message)
c) print error and exit if no start point specified (suggest mib-2 or .1)
pros: makes it very clear what's going on
cons: big change in behavior
Thoughts?
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