Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:38:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to enable SNMP on a FreeBSD router ? Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.980923123616.27441D-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <199809232022.NAA06963@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, David Wolfskill wrote: > >PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RECOMMEND FROM THE PORTS COLLECTION. > > Although I appreciate the suggestion & the sentiment behind it, in my > case, I'll readily admit that it's a lack of familiarity with FreeBSD's > "ports" collection -- and a lack of familiarity with customizing software > from within the "port". (cd /usr/ports/category/portname && make extract) puts the source code in /usr/ports/category/portname/work, which is normally how I mess with source code if I don't want the straight port. > And if I'm tinkering with the most recent snapshot of a development > version of something (such as amanda), the ports collection -- as far as > I can tell -- isn't relevant. UCD-SNMP (the package in question) isn't a 'development' version, thus the ports reccomendation. > I'm certainly willing to be corrected, but my available time for > learning FreeBSD-specific ways of doing things I've been doing since '86 > (and that still basically work) is pretty limited. Understood. I constantly 'ps -ef' on my FreeBSD box, and 'ps -aux' on my HP/UX box. Habits _are_ hard to break. - bill fumerola [root/billf]@chc-chimes.com - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800)252.2421 x128 / bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - BF1560 - "Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities" -Lord Dunsany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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