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SNMPD(8C)							     SNMPD(8C)

NAME
       snmpd - a server for supplying SNMP management information

SYNOPSIS
       snmpd [-d] [-A] [-N]

DESCRIPTION
       The  snmpd  daemon  is a server (agent) implementing the Simple Network
       Management Protocol for the NeXT Computer.  An SNMP  agent  supports  a
       management  information	base  (MIB)  consisting	 of a set of variables
       layed out in a tree.  The variables and their types are	defined	 using
       ASN.1  and  are listed in /etc/snmp.mib.	 The management base currently
       implemented by snmpd is that of MIB-I, as defined by RFC1156.

       The snmpd server should always be run as root because it needs to  open
       a  privileged  socket  in  order	 to  receive its queries.  The current
       implementation also needs to read /dev/kmem  in	order  to  obtain  the
       information necessary to describe the running system.

       By  default, snmpd will only allow access to hosts listed in NetInfo by
       name, address, or network number.  This can be overridden by  supplying
       the  -A option when starting snmpd, which will allow any network entity
       access to the information in your  SNMP	agent.	 To  grant  individual
       hosts  or  networks access explicitly, first decide on a community name
       (e.g.	 ``public'')	 and	 create	    a	  subdirectory	    of
       /locations/snmp/communities  with  that	name.	Then create a property
       named hosts or networks in that directory and list the  host  names  or
       network	numbers from which you wish to allow queries.  Hosts should be
       specified   using   their   official   hostname	  as	returned    by
       gethostbyname(3);  networks  should  be	in  dot	 notion.   An asterisk
       (``*'') in either of these properties will match any  host  or  network
       and open access to any host on the internet.

OPTIONS
       -d     Turn  on	debugging  output.   Each time a packet is received or
	      sent, a hexadecimal  dump	 its  contents	will  be  produced  on
	      standard output.

       -A     Allow  anyone access to the SNMP server.	By default, only hosts
	      or   other   management	 entities    listed    in    in	   the
	      /locations/snmp/communities  directories	in  NetInfo  will have
	      access to the information in local SNMP server.  See below under
	      Access Control for more details.

       -N     Only run if enabled in NetInfo.  This option will cause snmpd to
	      quit  immediately	 unless	 the  enabled  property	 in  NetInfo's
	      /locations/snmp  directory  has a value of YES.  This is used to
	      start snmpd automatically from /etc/rc.

NOTE
       The current implementation of the SNMP server  is  based	 on  a	public
       domain	package	 and  is  copyright  1988,  1989  by  Carnegie	Mellon
       University.

SEE ALSO
       snmp(1C), snmpnetstat(1C), RFC1155, RFC1156, RFC1157 and RFC1158.

				  3 June 1992			     SNMPD(8C)
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