I dont believe that an SNMP query will generate an authentication failure trap, since v1 and v2 do not authenticate. (donno about v3 generating traps though)
Also from the way it was described earlier, it sounds more like a telnet, or ssh login failure. kupjones wrote: > Zenoss allows using multiple community strings during a discovery. > After it models a device I thought it picked a single string to use -- > could zenoss be using one of the other strings, like public? Does the > trap time coincide with a zenoss modeling run? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of drauta > > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 1:43 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [zenoss-users] Re: Troubleshooting snmp > > trapsnmp_authenticationFailure > > > > This almost makes me think it's Zenoss because the > > information that comes with the trap always includes the SNMP > > community that Zenoss uses to connect to the device, not a > > random community string. Zenoss is properly > > modeling/monitoring these devices, though. I've also thought > > it could just be the device, but 2 completely different > > devices (UPS is one, fiber switch is the other) send the same > > unauthed traps in the same time frame that zenoss that polls > > them. Also, checking the daemon logs on the zenoss server > > doesn't show other devices trying to perform snmp lookups and > > I find it hard to believe these 2 devices where auto > > discovered by some other random machine on our network. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > zenoss-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > zenoss-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users ------------------------ Christopher Hubbard -------------------- m2f -------------------- Read this topic online here: http://community.zenoss.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=9761#9761 -------------------- m2f -------------------- _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
