Addendum: Even if I run the subagent as root, though it tells me "AgentX subagent connected", I cannot snmpget the objects that I compiled into the subagent, instead getting the message:
"MY_MIB::myObjectName = No Such Instance currently exists at this OID" What might be the cause of this? > -----Original Message----- > From: Schmidt-Goertz, Ulrich [mailto:ulrich.schmidt-goe...@plath.de] > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 1:38 PM > To: net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: AgentX socket permission problem > > Hi, > > I can't connect to the SNMP master agent when running as > non-root user. > The sample subagent created by net-snmp-config > --compile-subagent exits > with the following message: > > Warning: Failed to connect to the agentx master agent > (/var/agentx/master): Unknown host (/var/agentx/master) (Permission > denied) > > My /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf contains these lines: > > master agentx > agentXSocket /var/agentx/master > agentXPerms 777 777 > > Running `ls -l /var/agentx` yields: > > total 0 > srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Oct 30 13:22 master > > Looks good, doesn't it? Well, as my own user, the same > command gives me: > > total 0 > ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? /var/agentx/master > > I can't ls the socket directly, as it tells me "Permission > denied". Why > does this happen, if /var/agentx/master is supposed to have > perms 777? I > don't understand this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > I'm running Net-SNMP version 5.3.2.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1. > > Best regards, > Ulrich > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. > Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to > market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ 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
