Unable to modify SNMP settings

[Brad Henderson_2]

While trying to modify the SNMP settings on the Security Tab within Windows 2003 I've noticed that all the buttons are grey; hence I am unable to change the community string settings. I've logged in using the local admin, along with testing using a domain admin account and both yield the same results. I've uninstalled SNMP, rebooted and re-installed SNMP and the problem continues. I'm thinking this is a permissions issue, but am unable to find the problem when searching the registry. Anyone seen this problem or now how to resolve?

[Brad Henderson_2]

Solution found. A group policy had been deployed to this server and within GPO you can set the SNMP settings, but only to READ_ONLY, not READ_CREATE. Once the SNMP setting within the GPO were changed back to not configured and GPUPDATE was run on the server in question the problem was resolved.

[HHeider]

Hello Brad,

I've seen your message here on the board and now I hope that you can help me a little bit...

I have a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition system and since a few days I'm trying to get SNMP working. I tried what you have written (changing settings in group policy settings for SNMP)....so far so good.

But when I reboot the system then all settings are gone...nothing more is displayed on the security-tab (SNMP-Service/Properties).

Do you have a suggestion what could be wrong here ?

After a blank installation the settings in the group policy were "Not configured". I changed them to "Enabled" and entered the neccessary informations. After doing a "gpupdate" in a Command-Window and checking the SNMP-settings there was "my" community-string...but still all buttons were grey. When I now go back in the group policy and change the setting to "Not configured" then the buttons are enabled and all seems okay --- until the next reboot !

Maybe you have an idea that could help me and save me a lot of time... and sorry for my bad english !! I'm a german (trying to do my best...:-))

Thank you very much

Hubert

[David Claypool]

Hubert--by any chance is this Windows 2003 server a member of a domain hosted on NT4?

[HHeider]

Hello David,

yes, we have a NT4-Domain and this server is a member of this domain...

Is there (maybe) a problem with the domain-user account ???

Any help would be very nice !!!
Thank you...

Hubert

[David Claypool]

Yes, we have seen this before in that situation.

[HHeider]

...that sounds not good

Is there any workaround or what do I have to do ? CAN I do something to get SNMP working ALL the times (also after rebooting) ?

Thanks

Hubert