What net-snmp version are you using?
https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2611 seems to have established that
while these files are read, they have no effect in net-snmp 5.7.3 because
the security parameters are read from the data store before the file is
read.
Bill
On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Matthew G. Marsh <m...@paktronix.com> wrote:
>
> On my systems I have the /etc/snmp/hosts/ directory which contains files
> that look like:
>
> 10.11.12.13.conf
>
> and each file then contains:
>
> defVersion 3
> defSecurityName v3user
> defSecurityLevel authPriv
> defAuthType SHA
> defAuthPassphrase "My Super SHA Secret"
> defPrivType AES
> defPrivPassphrase "My AES secret words"
>
> so all I have to issue is:
>
> snmpwalk 10.11.12.13 {whatever OID I need}
>
> Does that help?
>
> BTW - with carefull use of groups and users these files can be locked down
> with very strong permission based security.
>
> I run PakSecured so not certain where Ubuntu places the config files. Try
> man snmp_config
>
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2015, John Morton wrote:
>
> > With regards to running native SNMPWALK from an Ubuntu server, and
> trying to use the following string:
> >
> > snmpwalk -v 3 -u ******* -a SHA -A f&hDbv*(g-q4 -x AES -X ********
> XX.XX.XX.XX
> >
> > the underlined password stops the command completing, I assume because
> of one of the special characters contained within.
> >
> > Is there a way to encapsulate this password, so I can use it in the
> string? Or a way to call an external file with the credentials within it
> when I do the SNMPWALK?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > JOHN MORTON
> > System Network Engineer
>
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