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BSNMPD(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual BSNMPD(1)
NAME
bsnmpd -- simple and extensible SNMP daemon
SYNOPSIS
bsnmpd [-dh] [-c file] [-D options] [-I paths] [-l prefix]
[-m variable[=value]] [-p file]
DESCRIPTION
The bsnmpd daemon server the internet SNMP (Simple Network Management
Protocol). It is intended to serve only the absolute basic MIBs and
implement all other MIBs through loadable modules. In this way the
bsnmpd can be used in unexpected ways.
The options are as follows:
-d This option is used for debugging bsnmpd and causes it not to
daemonize itself.
-h This option prints a short usage message.
-c file Use file as configuration file instead of the standard one.
-D options Debugging options are specified with a -o flag followed by a
comma separated string of options. The following options are
available.
dump This option causes all sent and received PDUs to
be dumped to the terminal.
events This causes the debugging level of the event
library (see eventlib(3)) to be set to 10.
trace=level This option causes the snmp library trace flag
to be set to the specified value. The value can
be specified in the usual C-syntax for numbers.
-I paths This option specifies a colon separated list of directories
to search for configuration include files. The default is
/etc:/usr/etc/:/usr/local/etc. These paths are only searched
for include specified within <> parentheses.
-l prefix The prefix is used as the default basename for the pid and
the configuration files.
-m variable[=value]
Define a configuration variable.
-p file Specify an alternate pid file instead of the default one.
CONFIGURATION
The bsnmpd reads its configuration from either the default or the user
specified configuration file. The configuration file consists of the
following types of lines:
o variable assignments
o section separators
o include directives
o MIB variable assignments
If a line is too long it can be continued on the next line by ending it
with a backslash. Empty lines and lines in which the first non-blank
character is a ``#'' sign are ignored.
All MIB variable assignments of the entire configuration (including
nested configuration files) are handled as one transaction, i.e., as if
they arrived in a single SET PDU. Any failure during the initial config-
uration read causes bsnmpd to exit. A failure during the configuration
read caused by a module load causes the loading of the module to fail.
The configuration is read during initialization of bsnmpd, when a module
is loaded and when bsnmpd receives a SIGHUP.
VARIABLE ASSIGNMENTS
Variable assignments can take one of two forms:
variable := string
variable ?= string
The string reaches from the first non-blank character after the equal
sign until the first new line or ``#'' character. In the first case the
string is assigned to the variable unconditionally, in the second case
the variable is only assigned if it does not exist yet.
Variable names must begin with a letter or underscore and contain only
letters, digits or underscores.
SECTION SEPARATORS
The configuration consists of named sections. The MIB variable assign-
ments in the section named ``snmpd'' are executed only during initial
setup or when bsnmpd receives a SIGHUP. All other sections are executed
when either a module with the same name as the section is loaded or
bsnmpd receives a SIGHUP and that module is already loaded. The default
section at the start of the configuration is ``snmpd''. One can switch
to another section with the syntax
%secname
Where secname is the name of the section. The same secname can be used
in more than one place in the configuration. All of these parts are col-
lected into one section.
INCLUDE DIRECTIVES
Another configuration file can be included into the current one with the
include directive that takes one of two forms:
.include "file"
.include <"file">
The first form causes the file to be searched in the current directory,
the second form causes the file to be searched in the directories speci-
fied in the system include path. Nesting depth is only restricted by
available memory.
MIB VARIABLE ASSIGNMENTS
A MIB variable is assigned with the syntax
oid [ suboids ] = value
oid is the name of the variable to be set. Only the last component of
the entire name is used here. If the variable is a scalar, the index
(.0) is automatically appended and need not to be specified. If the
variable is a table column, the index (suboids) must be specified. The
index consist of elements each separated from the previous one by a dot.
Elements may be either numbers, strings or hostnames enclosed in []
brackets. If the element is a number it is appended to the current oid.
If the element is a string, its length and the ASCII code of each of its
characters are appended to the current oid. If the element is a host-
name, the IP address of the host is looked up and the four elements of
the IP address are appended to the oid.
For example a oid of
myvariable.27.foooll.[localhost]."&^!"
results in the oid
myvariable.27.6.102.111.111.111.108.108.127.0.0.1.38.94.33
The value of the assignment may be either empty, a string or a number.
If a string starts with a letter or an underscore and consists only of
letters, digits, underscores and minus signs, it can be written without
quotes. In all other cases the string must be enclosed in double quotes.
SUBSTITUTIONS
A variable substitution is written as
$(variable)
where variable is the name of the variable to substitute. Using an unde-
fined variable is considered an error.
FILES
/etc/<prefix>.config Default configuration file, where the default
is ``snmpd''.
/var/run/<prefix>.pid Default pid file.
/etc:/usr/etc/:/usr/local/etc
This is the default search path for system include
files.
/usr/share/snmp/mibs/FOKUS-MIB.txt
/usr/share/snmp/mibs/BEGEMOT-MIB.txt
/usr/share/snmp/mibs/BEGEMOT-SNMPD.txt
The definitions for the MIBs implemented in the
daemon.
/etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny
Access controls that should be enforced by TCP
wrappers should be defined here. Further details
are described in hosts_access(5).
SEE ALSO
gensnmptree(1), hosts_access(5)
STANDARDS
The bsnmpd conforms to the applicable IETF RFCs.
AUTHORS
Hartmut Brandt
BUGS
Sure.
FreeBSD 6.1 February 27, 2006 FreeBSD 6.1
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