2009/8/24  <[email protected]>:
> Is SNMP for monitoring only or Can change the objects on a host via
> SNMP set requests?

SNMP *can* be used for active management, using SET requests, yes

It's probably fair to say that most use tends to be monitoring rather
than management, and there are certainly limitations to what writable
objects are typically available.   But the basic SNMP protocol does support
making changes to the managed system


> If I want to change all objects like
>
> 1.ifconfig
> 2.routes
> 3.iptables. How should i proceed?

Well the first thing you should do is to formulate your requirements
more clearly.
"Changing ifconfig" is too vague to be useful.  You need to identify the exact
changes you wish to make.

I'd then suggest making these changes manually (using command-line tools),
and examining the relevant MIB tables, to see what is affected.   Then you can
try applying the same object changes using SNMP SET requests, to see whether
this has the desired effect.

Dave

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