TinySNMPd - daemon to respond to SNMP request packets

tinysnmpd [OPTIONS] <configfile> <modulepath>

tinysnmpd is an SNMP agent which binds to a port and awaits requests from SNMP management software. Upon receiving a request, it processes the request(s), collects the requested information and returns the information to the sender.

A summary of options is included below.

-f | --logfile=FILENAME

Location of log file. By default, messages will be logged to the console.

-s | --syslog=FACILITY

The following facilities can be specified:

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[g]

[h]

[i]

[j]

[k]

[l]

[m]

[n]

If this option is specified, messages will be logged to syslog. By default, messages will be logged to the console.

-l | --loglevel=LEVEL

The following levels can be specified (in increasing order of verbosity):

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[g]

If a log file is specified, TinySNMPd defaults to verbose , otherwise, noisy is selected.

-d | --daemon

Run in the background. You need to specify a log file if you want to use this option.

-h | --help

Show a help message.

<configfile>

Location of TinySNMPd configuration file.

<modulepath>

Path where mib libraries reside.

All of these options can also be found be executing the program with the -h or --help options.

/etc/tinysnmp.conf

tinysnmp.conf(5)

This agent is far from complete. So far, it only supports SNMPv1 packets over UDP (snmp-get, snmp-get-next), no snmp-set's (i.e. you can't change any data on the agent), and no traps.

Written by Abraham vd Merwe <abz@blio.com>