On 13/07/07, valantina arumugam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. i/p : snmpusm -v3 -u wes1 -n "" -l authNoPriv -a MD5 -A superuser > localhost passwd superuser newpassword > o/p : no encryption type specified, which I need in order to know to > change the key
Try adding the option '-Ca', to just change the authentication password. > one more doubt is there.. In the example they have given that before > creating "wes" it needs to entered as ' rwuser wes' in snmpd.conf. I have > tried by having that line in snmpd.conf. But is it neccessary?? Remember that there are two steps involved in SNMPv3 security: authentication (is this person who they say they are?), and authorization (is this person allowed to perform this request?) The snmpusm command is purely concerned with authentication - creating users, setting passwords, etc. It does not touch the authorization side of things. That's the purpose of the "rwuser" directive. Without this (or some similar configuration), then your new user may be able to authenticate successfully, but won't be able to actually do anything. Have a look at the 'snmpvacm' command, for an alternative to having authorization directives in the snmpd.conf file. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ 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
