Hi Dave, everyone,
I have managed to identify where loading of snmpd fails. As a backgrounder, I mentioned that I load snmpd (along with other network services) at a very early boot-up stage prior to executing /sbin/init. As added info, normal execution of linux services are done by /sbin/init as it reads and executes run levels specified in /etc/inittab. This means that my call to snmpd is much earlier than what is normally done, probably by most people. Even though I do this at a very early boot-up stage, network is already enabled prior to my snmpd call. And likewise, other net services such as ProFTPd, sshd, boa, and even postgres DB, etc, are also launched, and become available at that very early stage. Now here's the weird part. If I call upon snmpd without a configuration, it gets launched! So I figured, something in the config that aborts it from launching. After a few config tweaks and reboot tries, I realized that if I start snmpd without "disk..." lines in the config (only "proc" lines), snmpd gets launched properly, and the prTable is remotely available for checking. Also at this point, all necessary disk and fs mounts are likewise, already available. What I can't figure out, is what causes snmpd-5.3.1 to choke on its launching if done prior to /sbin/init, if "disk" lines to monitor dskTables are present? It's also worth checking further if which OIDs are similarly crippled at that very early stage. Anyways, I anyone has any idea. I'm all ears. Checking further and best regards, Vic ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
