On Tuesday 20 July 2004 12:21, Dave Shield wrote: > > OK, this is where I found that the file that the Debian package > > provided for me and the FAQ and other documentation did not > > seem to be talking about the same thing. > > Sort of. > The Debian package is using the individual access control directives, > that are described in the very next FAQ entry: > > I don't understand the new access control stuff - what does it mean? > > The "rocommunity" and similar settings are just a wrapper round these > (as it says in the first access control FAQ entry) > > > The relevant section from > > the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file looks like this:- > > > > <<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > #### > > # First, map the community name (COMMUNITY) into a security name > > # (local and mynetwork, depending on where the request is coming > > # from): > > > > # sec.name source community > > com2sec paranoid default public > > #com2sec readonly default public > > OK - so why not try using this other setting. Comment out the > "com2sec paranoid" line, and uncomment the "com2sec readonly" line. > > That will then pick up: > > group MyROGroup v1 readonly > > group MyROGroup v2c readonly > > access MyROGroup "" any noauth exact all none none > > rather than: > > group MyROSystem v1 paranoid > > group MyROSystem v2c paranoid > > access MyROSystem "" any noauth exact system none none > > as required. > > > There does not seem to be a line that starts rocommunity.... > > Adding in the rocommunity public line made no difference. > > No - I wouldn't advise mixing the two styles. > Use one or the other, not both. > > > Essentially I want to set up my access for read only, and to be able > > to read anything that is available. > > Yup - switching to use > > com2sec readonly default public > > should do that. > > > Dave >
And it did (do it)! Thanks Dave. I really thought I was going mad as one point. Thats always the problem when you meet something for the first time, you are not quire sure which questions to ask, nor of the significance of the answers to your problem. David ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
