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.\" $OpenBSD: snmpd.8,v 1.13 2010/05/24 19:44:23 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Reyk Floeter <reyk@vantronix.net>
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
.\"
.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
.Dd $Mdocdate: May 24 2010 $
.Dt SNMPD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm snmpd
.Nd Simple Network Management Protocol daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm snmpd
.Op Fl dNnv
.Op Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl r Ar path
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a daemon which implements the SNMP protocol.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value
Define
.Ar macro
to be set to
.Ar value
on the command line.
Overrides the definition of
.Ar macro
in the configuration file.
.It Fl d
Do not daemonize and log to
.Em stderr .
.It Fl f Ar file
Use
.Ar file
as the configuration file, instead of the default
.Pa /etc/snmpd.conf .
.It Fl N
Show numeric OID values instead of their symbolic names.
.It Fl n
Configtest mode.
Only check the configuration file for validity.
.It Fl r Ar path
Open a second, restricted, control socket that
.Xr snmpctl 8
can use.
Only
.Em trap
requests are allowed on this socket.
.It Fl v
Produce more verbose output.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/usr/share/snmp/mibs/XXXX" -compact
.It Pa /etc/snmpd.conf
default
.Nm
configuration file
.It Pa /var/run/snmpd.sock
default
.Nm
control socket
.It Pa /usr/share/snmp/mibs/*
.Nm
Management Information Base definitions
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr snmpd.conf 5 ,
.Xr snmpctl 8
.Rs
.%R RFC 1157
.%T A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
.%D May 1990
.Re
.Rs
.%R http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/projects/snmpv3/
.%T SNMP Version 3 (SNMPv3)
.%D March 2002
.Re
.Rs
.%R RFC 3410
.%T Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework
.%D December 2002
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program first appeared in
.Ox 4.3 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
program was written by
.An Reyk Floeter Aq reyk@vantronix.net .
.Sh CAVEATS
.Nm
does not fully work yet.