Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-29 Thread Raghavendra Prasad
Firstly, Dave I should have posted my previous mail to a thread titled "./configure bug". I thin k continuing this discussion in that thead would make more sense . You might find it easier if you created a file 'dio_modules.h' containing > > config_require( dio_modules/snmpData ) > confi

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-29 Thread Dave Shield
2008/5/29 Raghavendra Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ./configure --with-mib-modules="dio_modules/snmpData dio_modules/controller > dio_modules/controller_trap dio_modules/general dio_modules/general_trap > dio_modules/channelA dio_modules/channelA_trap dio_modules/channelB > dio_modules/channelB_

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-28 Thread Raghavendra Prasad
Hi all, I thought it would probably help if I gave more information about configure options that I using: configure 1: ./configure --with-mib-modules="examples/notification" Configure 2: ./configure --with-mib-modules="dio_modules/snmpData dio_modules/controller dio_modules/controller_trap

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-22 Thread Raghavendra Prasad
Thank you Dave. We had decided to stick to being a root user for SNMP agent development. I will give a try soon and let you know the result. With regards, Raghavendra PS: Sorry for my personal e-mail - This SF.net email is s

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-22 Thread Raghavendra Prasad
Thank you Dave. We had decided to stick to being a root user for SNMP agent development. I will give a try soon and let you know the result. With regards, Raghavendra - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all ch

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-22 Thread Dave Shield
2008/5/9 Raghavendra Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>OK - so install the perl modules (manually) into a suitable location, >>>and tweak the @INC search list to look there. > > Could you please explain in more detail. Are you referring to fiddling > with Make file? No. I mean installing these module

RE: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-12 Thread Mike Ayers
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Raghavendra Prasad > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:08 AM > >>Being root is nessary for an automatic install of the > Net-SNMP perl modules > >>(and hence for running anything that relies on these, like mib2c). > >>It is not ne

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-09 Thread Raghavendra Prasad
>>OK - so install the perl modules (manually) into a suitable location, >>and tweak the @INC search list to look there. Could you please explain in more detail. Are you referring to fiddling with Make file? >>Being root is nessary for an automatic install of the Net-SNMP perl modules >>(and hence

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-09 Thread Raghavendra Prasad
>>OK - so install the perl modules (manually) into a suitable location, >>and tweak the @INC search list to look there. Could you please explain in more detail. Are you referring to fiddling with Make file? >>Being root is nessary for an automatic install of the Net-SNMP perl modules >>(and hence

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-09 Thread Dave Shield
2008/5/9 Raghavendra Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Or else tweak the top-level Makefile to remove "perlinstall" from >> the OTHERINSTALL list. > This works, but at the cost of disfunctional mib2c. OK - so install the perl modules (manually) into a suitable location, and tweak the @INC search li

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-09 Thread Raghavendra Prasad
> The easiest fix would probably be to drop perl from the build > altogether. Try > >configure --without-perl-modules >make >make install The --without-perl-modules option had no impact, the old problem persisted > Or else tweak the top-level Makefile to remove "perlinstall" fro

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-09 Thread Dave Shield
2008/5/9 Raghavendra Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Which files in particular are you having trouble with? >> > It complains about PERL module, during make install(make works fine) > it tries to write to a root folder(which is related to PERL module). I > was not expecting installation process fro

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-09 Thread Raghavendra Prasad
> If you run > configure --prefix=/some/path > I have set this prefix but still it doesn't help > where you have write access to the /some/path tree, > then you should be able to install as non-root. >(Though I've not actually tried this myself) Yes I have the PREFIX folder has write pe

Re: Is it necessary to be root to install Net-SNMP

2008-05-09 Thread Dave Shield
2008/5/8 Raghavendra Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have a problem when I try to install snmp agent as a non-root > user. It tries to write to some root files. I am under the impression > with ./configure options it should be possible configure this > particular need - but I could not get any sol