Hi Robert, The community string is completely invalid in this case. when queried with wrong community string for sysContact.0 the agent is returning correct syscontact value.
Thanks&Regards, A.K.Rasanth On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 00:43, Robert Story wrote: > On 24 Nov 2004 15:55:23 +0530 A. wrote: > AKR> I was expecting the the snmp req to fail at the proxy agent if the > AKR> community string is incorrect. instead it is forwarding the req to the > AKR> device and the device responds. > > If the community string is completely invalid, e.g. it doesn't appear anywhere > in the snmpd.conf file, then you are right. The packet should be dropped, and > the handler should not be called. > > However, if the community string is valid for some other requests, then it is > very possible that your handler would be called during a walk, a bulk get or a > get-next request. However, a response would not be sent if the community > string > wasn't configure to allow access to the object in question. > > Does the agent respond to a snmpget of sysContact.0 with a bad community > string? -- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
