Users Guide

Setup and Administration 37

To enable SNMP access from a specific remote host to a system running

Server Administrator, edit the SNMP agent configuration file,

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

Find the line that reads:

rocommunity public 127.0.0.1

Edit or copy this line, replacing 127.0.0.1 with the remote host IP address.

When edited, the new line should read:

rocommunity public IP_address

NOTE: You can enable SNMP access from multiple specific remote hosts by

adding a

rocommunity directive for each remote host.

To enable SNMP configuration changes, restart the SNMP agent by typing:

/etc/init.d/snmpd restart

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

Administrator, edit the SNMP agent configuration file /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.

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