`/etc/party.conf`

Configuration file for SNMPv2 party definitions

Description:

The party.conf is used to define the different parties you'll be using for your SNMPv2 communication. The file uses this format:

FriendlyName PartyID
TDomain	IP-address UDP-port
authProtocol privProtocol
lifetime  maxmessagesize
clock
authPrivate authPublic-length authPublic
privPrivate privPublic-length privPublic

where:

FriendlyName: Unique alphanumberic readable name for the context.
PartyID: Unique object identifier for the context.
TDomain: Transport domain.
IP-address: Address of the host using the party.
UDP-port: Port that the host will be listening to.
authProtocol: Authentication protocol used to authenticate the other host.
privProtocol: Protocol used for packet encryption.
lifetime: Decimal value.
maxmessagesize: Number of octets for the largest supported PDU.
clock: Decimal clock offset value.
authPrivate: 32 hex digits.
authPublic-length: Decimal or ``Null'' (if ``Null,'' no next field).
authPublic: Hex string of 2*authPublic-length digits.
privPrivate: 32 hex digits.
privPublic-length: Decimal or ``Null'' (if ``Null'', no next field).
privPublic: Hex string of 2*privPublic-length digits.

For example:

agent_party .1.3.6.1.6.3.3.1.3.10.0.0.59.5
snmpUDPDomain 10.0.0.59 161
noAuth noPriv
300 484
29F660EA
00000000000000000000000000000000 Null
00000000000000000000000000000000 Null

The agent_party using an object identifier of .1.3.6.1.6.3.3.1.3.10.0.0.59.5 on host 10.0.0.59 is listening to port 161. It's using no authentication for communication and no encryption.

If TDomain (Transport domain) doesn't list an IP address that matches the IP address of an interface on the host running snmpd, there'll be no ports listed in the snmpd output when snmpd is started.

If you see the following line with no ports listed:

Opening port(s):

the IP address listed in TDomain (the agent definition entry in /etc/party.conf) doesn't match the IP address of an interface on the host. You must change the agent definition to include the IP address of the interface where you wish to listen for SNMP requests.

`/etc/party.conf`

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