On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:21:03 -0700 (PDT) Curly wrote:
CS> Running snmpconf I chose "nobody" as the user to run
CS> the snmpd as. What are the ramifications for doing so?
That depends on the OS.
CS> Does this put limitations on the ability to read
CS> system process tables?
For systems which require root access to get the data, yes. Try running as root
and snmpwalk .1, saving output to a file. Then run as nobody, run the walk
again, and do a diff to see what goes missing.
CS> Is running snmpd as root inherently non-secure and
CS> strongly unadvised?
Most people, I think, run as root.
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