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Hank-Roughknuckles
Asked: 2013-10-02 18:06:31 +0800 CST

How to find SNMP community string?

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I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 and I'm trying to find my SNMP community string.

I followed the instructions here, but my /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file has different contents than what they're talking about.

  • Their snmpd.conf file: rocommunity [community string]
  • Mine: rocommunity public default -V systemonly

That being the case, what is my community string?

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  1. Best Answer

    rocommunity public default -V systemonly

    Your read-only community string is public. default represents what traffic will be accepted, which is to say all traffic will be accepted. Change default to be a hostname or a network address and slash annotated subnet to restrict it further (e.g. 10.4.0.0/16). The read-only context will be restricted to the -V systemonly context which means only OIDS .1.3.6.1.2.1.1 and .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1 will be visible.

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