On 6 June 2012 17:04, Chayvialle, Daniel (External)
<daniel.chayvialle.exter...@cassidian.com> wrote:
> The snmpd.conf I provided consists mostly of what's coming with snmp packages 
> I guess.

Yes - but it's still unnecessarily complicated :-)


> As I must in the end use SNMP v3,

The important bit there is "in the end".
Start with SNMPv1, and work your way up - one step at a time.

>                                I was confused about what to use:
> r[ow]user, r[ow]community, com2sec, group, view, access,
> or a mixture of some of them but which ones?

If you are working with SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c, then use "r[ow]community"
If you are working with SNMPv3, then use "r[ow]user"

If you need finer control over what a particular user/community can see,
then add use of "view"  (and the -V option to r[ow]{user,community}"

There is generally no need to use the low-level elements
(com2sec, group and access), unless you've got very specific requirements.
If you're not sure, then don't use them.


> I stepped back to SNMP v1 for my tests as I did not want to have too many
> possible misunderstandings

Good - that's what I'd hoped.


> So once /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf is stripped down to a single rocommunity line, I 
> get:
>
> % snmpgetnext -v1 -c public localhost   ifName                        ~
> IF-MIB::ifName.1 = STRING: lo
>
> And I can snmpwalk from netSnmp

Good - that's that's what you should be getting.



> Now if I add a rouser syncmux to the said snmpd.conf, I get
>
> % snmpget -v3 -u syncmux -l noAuthNoPriv localhost sysDescr.0 sysUpTime.0
> Error in packet
> Reason: authorizationError (access denied to that object)
>
> which is different from anything I had previously. So I'll look in that 
> direction.

Two things:
    - remember that you also need to create the user 'syncmux'
      (typically in the persistent config file /var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf)
      See README.snmpv3 and the FAQ for details

   -  By default, rouser grants access to authenticated requests (which also
      covers authenticated-and-encrypted requests).   So noAuthNoPriv
      wouldn't be allowed.

Dave

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