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diff --git a/man/snmpget.1.def b/man/snmpget.1.def new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ecac19 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/snmpget.1.def @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.\" Portions of this file are subject to the following copyright. See +.\" the Net-SNMP COPYING file for more details and other copyrights +.\" that may apply: +.\" /*********************************************************** +.\" Copyright 1988, 1989 by Carnegie Mellon University +.\" +.\" All Rights Reserved +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its +.\" documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, +.\" provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that +.\" both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in +.\" supporting documentation, and that the name of CMU not be +.\" used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the +.\" software without specific, written prior permission. +.\" +.\" CMU DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING +.\" ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL +.\" CMU BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR +.\" ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, +.\" WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, +.\" ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS +.\" SOFTWARE. +.\" ******************************************************************/ +.TH SNMPGET 1 "18 Jun 2007" VVERSIONINFO "Net-SNMP" +.SH NAME +snmpget - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET requests +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B snmpget +[COMMON OPTIONS] [\-Cf] AGENT OID [OID]... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B snmpget +is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP GET request to query for +information on a network entity. One or more object identifiers +(OIDs) may be given as arguments on the command line. Each variable +name is given in the format specified in +.IR variables(5) . +.SH "OPTIONS" +.TP 8 +.B \-Cf +If +.B \-Cf +is +.I not +specified, some applications +.RB ( snmpdelta ", " snmpget ", " snmpgetnext " and " snmpstatus ) +will try to fix errors returned by the agent that you were talking to +and resend the request. The only time this is really useful is if you +specified a OID that didn't exist in your request and you're using +SNMPv1 which requires "all or nothing" kinds of requests. +.PP +In addition to this option, +.B snmpget +takes the common options described in the +.I snmpcmd(1) +manual page. +Note that +.B snmpget +REQUIRES an argument specifying the agent to query +and at least one OID argument, as described there. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +The command: +.PP + snmpget \-c public zeus system.sysDescr.0 +.PP +will retrieve the variable system.sysDescr.0 from the host +.B zeus +using the community string +.B public +: +.PP + system.sysDescr.0 = "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3_U1 1 sun4m" +.PP +If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an +error packet will be returned and a message will be shown, helping to +pinpoint in what way the request was malformed. If there were other +variables in the request, the request will be resent without the bad +variable. +.PP +Here is another example. The \-c and \-v options are defined in the +.I snmpcmd(1) +manual page. (Note that system.sysUpTime is an incomplete +OID, as it needs the .0 index appended to it): +.PP +.nf + snmpget \-v1 \-Cf \-c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0 +.fi +.PP +This example will return the following: +.PP +.nf + Error in packet + Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB. + This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime +.fi +.PP +Similarly, the command: +.nf + snmpget \-v1 \-c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0 +.fi +.PP +Will return: +.PP +.nf + Error in packet + Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB. + This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime + + system.sysContact.0 = STRING: root@localhost +.fi +.PP +With the +.B +\-Cf +flag specified the application will not try to fix the PDU for you. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +snmpcmd(1), snmpwalk(1), variables(5). |