Dave, First of all, I want to thank you for the large amount of time you devote to this list. Your efforts are the essence of what "open source" is all about.
I'll have a look at your suggestions below. Two other questions: 1) Can you recommend a good book or resource on SNMP? The NET-SNMP is okay, but for someone like myself who is unfamiliar with MIB structures and such, it can be a bit "dense". 2) Do you follow football (soccer) in the UK? Michael Peoples Senior Systems Manager AT&T - ATTSI Office: 614-789-8559 Cell: 614-886-0923 FAX: 614-789-8975 mpeop...@att.com -----Original Message----- From: dave.shi...@googlemail.com [mailto:dave.shi...@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Dave Shield Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 5:05 AM To: PEOPLES, MICHAEL P (ATTSI) Cc: net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: Complex Arbitrary Command Extension using SNMP On 22 March 2010 18:10, PEOPLES, MICHAEL P (ATTSI) <mp4...@att.com> wrote: > I have learned how to execute arbitrary commands, invoked by a pre-defined > OID that I create using an "exec" command in the snmpd.conf file. Example: > > exec .1.3.6.1.4.1.2001.65.1.101.1.1 hoplist_1 /usr/bin/cat > /export/home/hopuser/traceroute.host_1.hoplist Try looking at the "extend" directive. It's similar to "exec" but has a much richer MIB structure (both configuring the command to be run, and interpreting the output) It also has the advantage of this MIB structure being legal (which "exec {OID}" is not!) > What I am trying to do is, create a "dynamic" set of extensions that > function similar to IF-MIB. I have a pre-defined list of hosts that I want > to do a traceroute to. Have you looked at the DISMAN-TRACEROUTE-MIB ? That is an existing, standard MIB structure for managing traceroute requests. I don't know how much experience you have of designing MIB modules, but it would be a sensible starting point. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ 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
