snmpset (1)

Name

snmpset - communicates with a network entity using SNMP SET requests

Synopsis

snmpset [COMMON OPTIONS] OID TYPE VALUE [OID TYPE  VALUE]...

Description

Net-SNMP                                               SNMPSET(1)



NAME
     snmpset  - communicates with a network entity using SNMP SET
     requests

SYNOPSIS
     snmpset [COMMON OPTIONS] OID TYPE VALUE [OID TYPE  VALUE]...

DESCRIPTION
     snmpset  is  an  SNMP  application  that  uses  the SNMP SET
     request to set information on a network entity.  One or more
     object  identifiers (OIDs) must be given as arguments on the
     command line.  A type and a value to be set  must  accompany
     each  object identifier.  Each variable name is given in the
     format specified in variables(5).

     The TYPE is a single character, one of:
          i  INTEGER
          u  UNSIGNED
          s  STRING
          x  HEX STRING
          d  DECIMAL STRING
          n  NULLOBJ
          o  OBJID
          t  TIMETICKS
          a  IPADDRESS
          b  BITS
     Most of these will use the obvious corresponding ASN.1 type.
     's',  'x',  'd' and 'b' are all different ways of specifying
     an OCTET STRING value, and the 'u'  unsigned  type  is  also
     used for handling Gauge32 values.

     If  you  have  the  proper MIB file loaded, you can, in most
     cases, replace the type with an '=' sign. For an  object  of
     type  OCTET  STRING  this  will assume a string like the 's'
     type notation. For other types it will do "The Right Thing".

     For example:

     snmpset  -c  private  -v  1  test-hub  system.sysContact.0 s
     [email protected] ip.ipforwarding.0 = 2

     will set the variables sysContact.0 and ipForwarding.0:

     system.sysContact.0 = STRING: "[email protected]"
     ip.ipForwarding.0 = INTEGER: not-forwarding(2)

     If the network entity has an error  processing  the  request
     packet,  an error packet will be returned and a message will
     be shown, helping to pinpoint in what way  the  request  was
     malformed.





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Net-SNMP                                               SNMPSET(1)



OPTIONS
     snmpset takes the common options described in the snmpcmd(1)
     manual page.


ATTRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:

     +---------------+-----------------------------------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |               ATTRIBUTE VALUE                 |
     +---------------+-----------------------------------------------+
     |Availability   | system/management/snmp/net-snmp/documentation |
     +---------------+-----------------------------------------------+
     |Stability      | Volatile                                      |
     +---------------+-----------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
     snmpcmd(1), variables(5).



NOTES
     This   software   was   built   from   source  available  at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.   The   original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/net-snmp/OldFiles/net-
     snmp-5.4.x/5.4.1/net-snmp-5.4.1.tar.gz

     Further  information about this software can be found on the
     open source community website at http://www.net-snmp.org/.

























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