found 505237 5.4.1~dfsg-11 thanks Hi,
yes, apparently this bug is present in Lenny,too . On a clean install: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# aptitude install snmpd [...] Setting up snmpd (5.4.1~dfsg-11) ... Starting network management services: snmpd. [...] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ps $(pgrep snmpd) PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 19599 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -I -smux -p /var/run/snmpd.pid 127.0.0.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# invoke-rc.d snmpd start Starting network management services:invoke-rc.d: initscript snmpd, action "start" failed. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# echo $? 1 I've got no idea why Patrick couldn't reproduce it. -- Cheers, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]