net snmp fedora

[digitalx]

Hello i need some help
I have install the net snmp tar.gz package on fedora 8 but when i use the snmp commands i get -request timeout, when requesting snmp info

I need help activating the snmpd service which is not listed or is not starting when i type the command to start service .

[ursusca]

Hello, digitalx

Did you check service status?
ps -ef | grep snmp ?

[digitalx]

thanks for the reply


I think the problem deals with starting the snmpd service on fedora 8. When fedora was first installed the snmpd service was not present. After installing the snmp package I was able to enable it via the services manager. But it was not running since I typed the ‘service snmpd start’ command and there was no response.

[MikeTbob]

If you got no response then it's probably working, only when it gets an error, will you get a response.

EDIT: what happens when you do service snmpd restart

[ursusca]

thanks for the reply


I think the problem deals with starting the snmpd service on fedora 8. When fedora was first installed the snmpd service was not present. After installing the snmp package I was able to enable it via the services manager. But it was not running since I typed the ‘service snmpd start’ command and there was no response.

Chkconfig is a basic system utility to update and query runlevel information for system services.
You would need is something like
chkconfig --levels 35 snmp on

or, if you set up the files
chkconfig --add snmpd

for install and
chkconfig --del snmpd

for uninstall.