From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:13 PM Subject: RE: SNMP + MRTG... WTF? > First off, it WORKED! Thanks to Brett and Steve for the key pieces of help. > Of course, some further questions on the subject for resolution: > > At 05:23 10/15/2003, you wrote: > >You might consider running a less restrictive snmpd until you get things > >figured out, try changing the sec.model section to any. i.e. > > > >group MyRWGroup any local > >group MyROGroup any mynetwork > > > >Now you can make a v1 or v2c type query. > > Based on the error messages (many hundreds of them) which I got from MRTG > in the course of testing, it seems like MRTG uses v1 queries. Nevertheless, > I set this to "any" as you suggested, which is fine except for two errors > in /var/log/messages when snmpd is restarted. Those errors say: > > Oct 13 21:11:26 apollo ucd-snmp[22520]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 76: > Error: bad security model "any" should be: v1, v2c or usm - installing anyway > Oct 13 21:11:26 apollo ucd-snmp[22520]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 77: > Error: bad security model "any" should be: v1, v2c or usm - installing anyway > > What should I do here to correct this error and make it go away? > > Also, three more questions, now directly related to the MRTG output: > > 1. "The statistics were last updated... blah, blah... at which > time 'apollo.paiz.org' had been up for 2:01:10." The actual uptime is > around 12 days... where is snmpd/mrtg getting its data, and how can I make > sure that it gets the correct data? This is because the SNMPD module has been up and running for 2:01:10....snmpd restart will show "System Uptime" of 0:00:01 not the "timeticks" of the server itself. > > 2. I have a screen resolution of 1400x1050 on my notebook, and > 1280x1024 on my desktop. The charts seem to be optimized for 640x480 or > something... they look tiny. Can I either make them larger, or maybe put > two interface charts side by side? (This box only has two interfaces, so > being able to see both at once would be nice too.) Can't Help Yah Here. > > 3. I have a 256 Kbps link... should I set MaxBytes to exactly > 32000 or 32768? I know it's for display only, but what is the _correct_ value? > 256Kbps = 32KB See http://www.perfectnetusa.com/kilo.htm > Thanks again for all the help, guys. > > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz > rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
