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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
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Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
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5164.0. "force SNMP agent to start" by USWRSL::LIOU_PE () Tue Jun 08 1993 13:22

	Background
	
	This customer is trying to manage their SUN workstations from
	DECmcc BMS, and	only to find out that none of these workstations 
	have SNMP agent started (for whatever the reason). 

	Due to the politics, it is difficult to have the SUN administrator 
	to have these workstations set up to be managed by DECmcc. 
	However, I do remember that it was possible to force the SNMP 
	agent onto the SUN workstation using MSU.

	Question

	1. Can we force the SNMP onto SUN workstation from DECmcc as well?
	2. If we can, is there some instructions?

	Thanks.
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5164.1Don't think soTOOK::MINTZErik MintzTue Jun 08 1993 13:365
It is unlikely that security on the SUN systems would allow you to
start an SNMP agent from the outside.  You might ask in the MSU
notes conference to find out how they did it there.

-- Erik
5164.2betcha it was rsh to root...TOOK::MCPHERSONDead or Canadian?Tue Jun 08 1993 14:256
I'll bet a stack of my old business cards that what MSU was doing to start the
SNMP agent was to issue an 'rsh' to the root account & starting the daemon.
Obviously if you're at odds with the Sun system administrators, it's unlikely
that they'll grant you rsh access to root.

/doug
5164.3Maybe not installedFRAIS::ORCHIS::MAASSInformation, that's all I need...Fri Jun 18 1993 19:0813
Hi all,

as far as I know, you have to separately buy the SNMP agent for a SUN. They don't
come free with regular, off-the-shelf SUNos or Solaris.

Can somebody check this? I'd like to bomb Sun at an occasion or two :-).


Greetings



Josch
5164.4$4,500 - free netmgr comes with itSKIBUM::GASSMANTue Jun 29 1993 14:025
    Last I heard, you got the SUN agent along with the SUN NetManager
    license.  It is a 'network wide' license, so the agent can then be put
    on any SUN in the customer's network.  
    
    bill
5164.5Gee! This will surely bomb them!FRAIS::ORCHIS::MAASSInformation, that's all I need...Mon Jul 05 1993 13:4314
Uh-oh,

as far as I'm concerned, I'd kick my favourite vendor somewhere if they'd try to
do such a thing with me.

SNMP agents are BASICS for networked UNIX systems (do you know standalone UNIX
systems? :-).


Greetings



Josch