SNMP agents

[Jeff_Traigle]

I looked through the man pages for snmpd and snmpd.conf, but didn't see mention whether changes to the conf file are picked up automatically or if the daemons need restarted. (If it's there, I just missed it.) Anyone know offhand?

[Sundar_7]

Good question :-). But what is the big deal Jeff, try sending a HUP signal, if snmpd doesnt seem to pick up the changes, then start and restart. It is just beyond my comprehension if stopping and restarting smpd is going to cause any significant issues.

[Sanjay_6 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

any changes to snmp.conf are picked up at the time of snmpd restart.

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90696/B2355-90696_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90696/00/01/116-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90696/00/01/116-toc.html&searchterms=snmpd&queryid=20040526-121841

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Jeff_Traigle]

Not a big deal to restart them. Was just curious since some daemons pick up config changes automatically (e.g. smbd/nmbd) and others don't (e.g. inetd).

[Sundar_7]

infact, I ran in to some problems last week when I was trying to add a netbios alias for my samba share. nmbd never seem to broadcast/register the new netbios alias until I killed and restarted.

[SAHA]

Hi,
You must kill snmpd and restart it.

Check this thread:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=587450

Thanks,

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

snmpd has to be restarted to accept the changes in the conf file. There is no option / switch to restart.

Hope this helps.

Regds