On 12/10/2007, mwise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Interesting, triedthe lsof command on both my test target (Debian) and the
> zenoss server (Mac). First up, Debian:
>
> COMMAND   PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
> snmpd   10835 snmp   11u  IPv4  86757       UDP localhost:snmp


This shows that the snmp service is *only* bound to the local host interface
(127.0.0.1), i.e. it won't respond to requests coming in on another
interface.

I believe that in Debian the file that controls this is
/etc/defaults/snmpd.  The standard SNMPDOPTS options restrict snmpd to the
local host so you will need to change them.  My only reference has already
been "fixed" but IIRC that it has localhost prepended to the port spec to
restrict it.

Seems fairly above board. Now, lets look at the Mac:
>
> COMMAND PID USER   FD   TYPE    DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
> snmpd   221 root    6u  IPv4 0x3a92750      0t0  UDP *:snmp


This is not bound to any interface, so will respond to requests on all
interfaces.

A single instance of snmpd is resident on both of them, but the variables
> listed are obviously different. I am beginning to wonder about the
> efficaciousness of using the Mac as a Zenoss server.
>
>
-- 
Regards,

Graham Bloice
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