<Does the directory /var/agentx exist? Who is it owned by, and what are the permissions? OK - that's the most important thing to fix. Who are you starting the agent as? Root, or an unprivileged user? >
I'm starting the agent as 'root'. Everything is owned by 'root' because I configured/built/installed as 'root' (I had to). /var/agentx does not exist. Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Shield Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:31 AM To: Smith, Randy Cc: net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: Adding "master agentx" line to snmpd.conf then running snmpd, then do ps -ef, snmpd not there On 30/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # snmpd -f -Le > Turning on AgentX master support. > Error: Couldn't open a master agentx socket to listen on (): OK - that's the most important thing to fix. Does the directory /var/agentx exist? Who is it owned by, and what are the permissions? Who are you starting the agent as? Root, or an unprivileged user? > Should I create an agentx.conf file perhaps? No - that shouldn't be necessary. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
