On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:27:02 -0400 Robert Story <rst...@freesnmp.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:35:05 -0700 Stephen wrote: > SH> This is the correct patch. > SH> > SH> Subject: if-mib: add support for ifAlias > SH> > SH> Linux has a way of recording an ifAlias value for each interface. > SH> The value is configurable with iproute utilities or sysfs. > > -1 because it doesn't integrate with the existing functionality that allows > you to set the ifAlias via the MIB. Maybe the two can be tied together for the > next release. (see agent/mibgroup/if-mib/ifXTable/ifXTable.c) I have fix to make it keep overrides. But I did not implement setting kernel ifalias because on most systems snmpd runs as non-root (no cap_netadmin) and is therefore not allowed to set the value in sysfs (or via netlink). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
