Users Guide

Setup and Administration 39

To enable SNMP access from all remote hosts to a system running Server

Administrator, edit the SNMP agent configuration file, /etc/snmpd.conf or

/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf, and perform the following steps:

Find the line that reads:

rocommunity public 127.0.0.1

Edit this line by deleting 127.0.0.1. When edited, the new line should

read:

rocommunity public

To enable SNMP configuration changes, restart the SNMP agent by

typing:

/etc/init.d/snmpd restart

Changing the SNMP Community Name

Configuring the SNMP community name determines which management

stations are able to manage your system through SNMP. The SNMP

community name used by management applications must match the SNMP

community name configured on the Server Administrator system, so the

management applications can retrieve the management information from

Server Administrator.

To change the default SNMP community name used for retrieving

management information from a system running Server Administrator,

edit the SNMP agent configuration file, /etc/snmpd.conf or

/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf, and perform the following steps:

Find the line that reads:

rocommunity public 127.0.0.1

Edit this line by replacing

public

with the new SNMP community

name. When edited, the new line should read:

rocommunity community_name 127.0.0.1

To enable SNMP configuration changes, restart the SNMP agent by

typing:

/etc/init.d/snmpd restart