On 11/28/2011 07:41 PM, Corey Henderson wrote: > On 11/28/2011 2:13 PM, Steve Clark wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can someone explain why I don't get a timeout when I use the community string "public" even if I don't have it >> defined in my snmpd.conf file. It doesn't return data but it also doesn't timeout. See example below. >> ... >> rocommunity nobody 127.0.0.1 >> ... >> >> [root@L703108 pgsql]# snmpwalk -v 1 -c public 127.0.0.1 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1 ifMIB >> >> [root@L703108 pgsql]# snmpwalk -v 1 -c xyz 127.0.0.1 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1 ifMIB >> Timeout: No Response from 127.0.0.1 >> >> [root@L703108 pgsql]# snmpwalk -v 1 -c nobody 127.0.0.1 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1 ifMIB >> IF-MIB::ifIndex.1 = INTEGER: 1 >> IF-MIB::ifIndex.2 = INTEGER: 2 >> IF-MIB::ifIndex.3 = INTEGER: 3 >> IF-MIB::ifIndex.4 = INTEGER: 4 >> IF-MIB::ifIndex.5 = INTEGER: 5 >> IF-MIB::ifIndex.6 = INTEGER: 6 >> ... >> >> >> > The default /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file comes with this line at the top: > > com2sec local localhost public > > Comment it out, service snmpd reload, and you'll no longer have the problem. > That was it - I guess I didn't read the man page well enough. I was providing my own config file with the -c fname option but the default file was being picked up also since I didn't also specify -C option. Thanks, -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Sr. Software Engineer III Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.netwolves.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos