> FA> So the question remains, what triggers snmpd to call these external 
> FA> programs?
> 
> A request to the subtree.  exec calls are cached for a bit, so that will
help you there.

That's good to know.

> FA> When I start snmpd it seems to call them once every 4 seconds, but 
> FA> after a while it is as often as 3 times a second, which is far to
often.

I disabled port 161 in the firewall, so the only things that could make
requests are the monitor statements.
But the poll rate is still increasing. Now it's almost 4 calls per second
(66 forks per second).

/Fredrik Arnerup


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