Users Guide

36 Setup and Administration

access is restricted to the local host. You must configure the SNMP agent to

enable SNMP access from remote hosts if you plan to manage the system by

using SNMP management applications from remote hosts.

NOTE: For security reasons, it is advisable to restrict SNMP access to specific

remote hosts if possible.

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

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