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README.snmpv3
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How to setup SNMPv3, a very brief document for Dave to elaborate and
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do a better job on since I suck at writing documentation and he
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doesn't ;-) --Wes:
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Note: SHA authentication and DES/AES encryption support is only available
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if you have OpenSSL installed.
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Note: encryption support now *is* enabled in the binary releases downloadable
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from the net-snmp web site.
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Note: this description assumes you're using the software compiled from
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source, and so installed using the default prefix location (/usr/local).
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If you're working with a vendor-provided system, or have configured
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things with a different prefix, you'll need to adjust locations accordingly.
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CREATING THE FIRST USER:
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First, you need to create a new snmpv3 user and give them rights to
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do things:
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net-snmp-config --create-snmpv3-user -a "my_password" myuser
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WARNING: SNMPv3 pass phrases must be at least 8 characters long!
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The above line creates the user "myuser" with a password of
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"my_password" (and uses MD5 and DES for protection). (Note that
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encryption support isn't enabled in the binary releases downloadable
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from the net-snmp web site.) net-snmp-config will also add a line
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to your snmpd.conf file to let that user have read/write access to
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your agent. You may want to change this in your snmpd.conf file
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(see the snmpd.conf manual page). Run net-snmp-config --help for
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more information about it.
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Start the agent and test your setup:
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/usr/local/sbin/snmpd
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[...wait a few seconds... It will run in the background and
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return you to your shell immediately.]
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snmpget -v 3 -u myuser -l authNoPriv -a MD5 -A my_password localhost sysUpTime.0
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[ this should return information about how long your agent has been up]
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snmpget -v 3 -u myuser -l authPriv -a MD5 -A my_password
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-x DES -X my_password localhost sysUpTime.0
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[ this should return similar information, but encrypts the transmission ]
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CREATING A SECOND USER:
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Start the agent (if you didn't do so above).
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You can create as many users as you like using the above method, but
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this details another way of doing it while the agent is running by
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modifying the user database using the snmp protocol itself:
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Now, lets create a second user using the first user (just for fun)
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for both authentication purposes and as a template (or "cloning
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source"):
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snmpusm -v 3 -u myuser -l authNoPriv -a MD5 -A my_password localhost create wes myuser
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The above should have created the user "wes" with the same password as
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the "myuser" user. So then, you need to change his password using:
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snmpusm -v 3 -u wes -l authNoPriv -a MD5 -A my_password localhost passwd my_password new_passphrase
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See, wasn't that easy? You can now create users. Wheeee....
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But, you'll have to add a configuration line that allows them access
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to do things. Do this with another "rwuser" line in your
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/usr/local/share/snmp/snmpd.conf file (you'll need to stop and start
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the agent again, or send the agent a SIGHUP signal):
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rwuser wes
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Or, optional use the "rouser" token instead of the "rwuser" token to
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only grant them read-only access.
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Now, test your new user:
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snmpget -v 3 -u wes -l authNoPriv -a MD5 -A new_passphrase localhost sysUpTime.0
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FURTHER STUDIES:
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Tired of all those command line authentication options?
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put something like this in your $HOME/.snmp/snmp.conf file (make it
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readable only by you!!!):
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defSecurityName wes
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defContext ""
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defAuthType MD5
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defSecurityLevel authNoPriv
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defAuthPassphrase new_passphrase
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defVersion 3
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And this is in place the last of the above example lines boils down to:
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snmpget localhost sysUpTime.0
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Which is about as simple as I can make it for ya ;-)
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