> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Thomas Bonham
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:17 AM

> Wes Hardaker wrote:
> >>>>>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:08:11 -0700, Thomas Bonham 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> >>>>>>             
> >
> > TB> I'm trying to figure out how to walk a whole device 
> using Net::SNMP in 
> > TB> perl.
> >
> > We aren't affiliated with the Net::SNMP perl module; the module that
> > binds to the Net-SNMP package is "SNMP" instead (in which 
> case, Dave's
> > answer is spot on)
> >   
> I didn't know that.

        Details, originally from Dave:

http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/Which_Perl_module_should_I_use

> Maybe someone can tell me why I'm getting a error here with 
> this little 
> bit of perl.
> 
> Code:
> #/usr/bin/perl -w
> $host = "localhost";
> $st="public";
> $sess = new SNMP::Session(DestHost=>$host,Community=>$st);
> $val = $sess->get("sysDescr.0");
> die $sess->{ErrroStr} if($sess->{ErrorStr});
> 
> Error: Unknow user name at test.pl line 7.

        "User name" is an SNMP v3 concept, but you are setting a community, 
which implies v1/v2c operation.  You need to find and set the thingy that 
determines the SNMP version.  Sorry I can't give more detail, but I gleefully 
discarded perl years ago...


        HTH,

Mike

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