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1 perry 1 SNMPGET
2 !!!SNMPGET
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 NEAT TRICKS
8 NOTES
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 snmpconf - creates and modifies snmp configuration files
14 !!SYNOPSIS
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17 snmpconf [[options] [[fileToCreate]
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20 Start with:
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23 snmpconf -g basic_setup
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26 Or even just:
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29 snmpconf
30 !!DESCRIPTION
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33 snmpconf is a simple perl script that walks you through
34 setting up a configuration file step by step. It should be
35 fairly straight forward to use. Merely run it and answer its
36 questions.
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39 In its default mode of operation, it prompts the user with
40 menus showing sections of the various configuration files it
41 knows about. When the user selects a section, a sub-menu is
42 shown listing of the descriptions of the tokens that can be
43 created in that section. When a description is selected, the
44 user is prompted with questions that construct the
45 configuration line in question.
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48 Finally, when the user quits the program any configuration
49 files that have been edited by the user are saved to the
50 local directory, fully commented.
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53 A particularly useful option is the -g switch, which walks a
54 user through a specific set of configuration questions. Run
55 __snmpconf -g basic_setup__ for an example.
56 !!OPTIONS
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59 -f
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62 Force overwriting existing files in the current directory
63 without prompting the user if this is a desired thing to
64 do.
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67 -i
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70 When finished, install the files into the location where the
71 global system commands expect to find them.
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74 -p
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77 When finished, install the files into the users home
78 directory's .snmp subdirectory (where the applications will
79 also search for configuration files).
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82 -I DIRECTORY
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85 When finished, install the files into the directory
86 DIRECTORY.
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89 -a
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92 Don't ask any questions. Simply read in the various known
93 configuration files and write them back out again. This has
94 the effect of
95 neat tricks'' section
96 below.
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99 -r all|none
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102 Read in either all or none of the found configuration files.
103 Normally snmpconf prompts you for which files you wish to
104 read in. Reading in these configuration files will merge
105 these files with the results of the questions that it asks
106 of you.
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109 -R file,...
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112 Read in a specific list of configuration files.
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115 -g groupname
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118 Groups of configuration entries can be created that can be
119 used to walk a user through a series of questions to create
120 an initial configuration file. There are no menus to
121 navigate, just a list of questions. Run __snmpconf -g
122 basic_setup__ for a good example.
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125 -G
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128 List all the known groups
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131 -c configdir
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134 snmpconf uses a directory of configuration information to
135 learn about the files and questions that it should be
136 asking. This option tells snmpconf to use a different
137 location for configuring itself.
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140 -q
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143 Run slightly more quietly. Since this is an interactive
144 program, I don't recommend this option since it only removes
145 information from the output that is designed to help
146 you.
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149 -d
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152 Turn on *lots* of debugging output.
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155 -D
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158 Add even more debugging output in the form of perl variable
159 dumps.
160 !!NEAT TRICKS
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163 snmpconf -g basic_setup
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166 Have I mentioned this command enough yet? It's designed to
167 walk someone through an initial setup for the snmpd demon.
168 Really, you should try it.
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171 snmpconf -R /usr/local/snmp/snmpd.conf -a -f
172 snmpd.conf
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175 Automatically reads in a snmpd.conf file (for example) and
176 adds comments to them describing what each token does. Try
177 it. It's cool.
178 !!NOTES
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181 snmpconf is actually a very generic utility that could be
182 easily configured to help construct just about any kind of
183 configuration file. Its default configuration set of files
184 are snmp based.
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