On 01/09/06, Srivastava, Namburi (IE10) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What can be the reason for these kind of errors, which are generally not > captured by snmptranslate?
Typically, it's because there are errors in the MIB syntax. The purpose of smilint, and the web validation tool is to check the syntax of MIB files. So they are extremely rigourous in their parsing, and will complain about minor errors. The purpose of snmptranslate is to convert between numeric OIDs and textual forms, using the same MIB parsing routines as the rest of the Net-SNMP suite. Our tools don't pretend to offer rigourous MIB validation checks - we're happy to silently correct minor errors. If nothing else, this cuts down on the number of queries that we have to respond to on the mailing lists. It's an example of the long-standing Internet rule-of-thumb: "Be liberal in what you accept, be strict in what you generate". Yes - I know there is some debate about the wisdom of such an approach, but that's what we've chosen. The MIB-syntax tool developers have (quite understandably) gone for a more strict approach. It's worth using smilint et al to get your MIB files correct - then everything should be able to handle them properly. You can continue to use our tools in the meantime - you don't have to be blocked while you work at getting the syntax exactly 100% correct. But if your MIBs don't pass smilint, then you must be prepared for other SNMP applications to reject them. Saying that the Net-SNMP tools are happy is no defence. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ 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
