From owner-freebsd-net Wed Sep 23 13:32:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA09367 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:32:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA09290 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:31:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA290478736; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:38:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:38:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola To: David Wolfskill Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to enable SNMP on a FreeBSD router ? In-Reply-To: <199809232022.NAA06963@pau-amma.whistle.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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