Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:52:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Calvin Meloon <calvin@corp.gulf.net> To: David Vrtin <vrtin@uni-mb.si> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PORTS: ucd-snmp snmpd.conf file Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980424101222.11500B-100000@marlin.corp.gulf.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980424161759.5414H-100000@unicorn.uni-mb.si>
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> > I have installed ucd-snmp from ports collection. Why is there no > snmpd.conf file? snmpd.conf is not necessary. I've been running ucd-snmp on a dedicated server since Nov '97 and have never needed it. SNMP uses mib-files for its configurations. > ... I would like to know, what is allowed for snmpd > to do and what not. :-) SNMP will allow you to to read and write network information to any device configured for it. We have over 150 devices on several lans that I monitor from a singer server. I use mostly cgi's but I have a few scripts that I run for tracking sensitive network info. A good tool to get is mrtg ... http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg.html which will display a graphical representation of your network traffic. Also, you can write your own programs (I use perl 5) and cgi's to customize the system to your own needs. We track modem usage, bandwidth, system performance such as system up time, cpu processes, disk usage, etc. The list seems endless. However, security is a big, big issue. The server that runs snmp here, is accessible from internal office pc's and only 3 staff members from home can access the information. Any network device monitored should have one, two at the most, write hosts, and a handful of read hosts. _____ __ _ / ___/__ _/ / __(_)__ Gulf Coast Internet Calvin M. Meloon / /__/ _ `/ / |/ / / _ \ Pensacola, FL Unix Administrator \___/\_,_/_/|___/_/_//_/ (850)438-5700 writer of code ~~~~ calvin@gulf.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Proponent of FreeBSD and the right of everyone to use a real OS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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