On 13 Mar 2003 13:54:11 -0800 Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Geez, I kinda feel like I should mark this OT since it's just a problem > about Linux and my computer... > > I'm trying to use a new MIB with ucd-snmp on Mandrake 9.0. I've started > doing some reading, whoever named this Simple Network Management > Protocol must have been thinking "Simple in comparision to building the > Golden Gate Bridge" or something.
LOL... it's the Protocol that's simple -- not the MIBs... > Any way, it looks like the process is to use a series of tools which > compile the mib into C code and then turn it into a loadable module > which the snmpwalk and snmpd agents will then be able to access > transparently. > > My problem is that the first tool in the chain, mib2c, dies with a > complaint that Perl-SNMP isn't there. But it is. > perl-Net-SNMP-4.0.2-1mdk > perl-SNMP-MIB-Compiler-0.06-3mdk (out of Cooker as the 9.0 version > refused to install because of a fubar'd dependencies statement; however > the code is still 0.06.) > > I'm hesitant to start over from the latest source, which is of course > the recommendation to all problems at net-snmp.souceforge.net. Any > ideas? > I just installed ucd-snmp and ucd-snmp-utils (libsnmp0 was already installed) from the 9.0 CDs, did "service snmpd start" and as a regular user issued "snmpwalk localhost public system": system.sysDescr.0 = Linux gypsy.pfortin.com 2.4.19-16mdk #1 Fri Sep 20 18:15:05 CEST 2002 i686 system.sysObjectID.0 = OID: enterprises.ucdavis.ucdSnmpAgent.linux system.sysUpTime.0 = Timeticks: (877) 0:00:08.77 system.sysContact.0 = Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (configure /etc/snmp/snmp.conf) system.sysName.0 = gypsy.pfortin.com [snip] Next, I got the same thing you do with mib2c... I'm not a perl type; but tried: perl -MCPAN -e 'install SNMP' which failed... similar problem on my 8.2 box... But... if you're just looking to read the MIBs, you should have enough once snmpwalk is running... HTH, :^Pierre
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