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title Extending the Agent description You can extend the snmp agent to have it return information description that you yourself define. token exec info run a simple command using exec() info arguments: [oid] name /path/to/executable arguments question 1 The OID where the results table should be display [default=extTable] question 2 The "name" to associate with this command when displaying the results. question 3 The path to the program to be run. question 4 The arguments to pass to $3 token pass info Run a command that intepretes the request for an entire tree. info The pass program defined here will get called for all info requests below a certain point in the mib tree. It is then info responsible for returning the right data beyond that point. info # info arguments: miboid program info # info example: pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.255 /path/to/local/passtest info # info See the snmpd.conf manual page for further information. info # info Consider using "pass_persist" for a performance increase. question 1 The OID where the script should take control of question 2 The path to the program that should be called token pass_persist info Run a persistant process that intepretes the request for an entire tree. info The pass program defined here will get called for all info requests below a certain point in the mib tree. It is then info responsible for returning the right data beyond that point. info The pass_persist scripts must be able to stay running and accept input info from stdin. info # info arguments: miboid program info # info example: pass_persist .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.255 /path/to/local/pass_persisttest info # info See the snmpd.conf manual page for further information. steal pass token proxy info Proxy requests to an external agent running somewhere else info This passes all requests for a certain point of the mib tree to info an external agent using snmp requests and then returning the info results to the caller that spoke to our agent. info arguments: [snmpcmd args] host oid [remoteoid] question 1 Enter the "snmpcmd" arguments that specify how to talk to the remote host question 2 The host you want to pass the requests to qusetion 3 The oid that we should pass beyond question 4 The oid of the remote site that we should talk to if different from $3 token sh info run a simple command using system() info arguments: [oid] name command arguments info similar to exec, but implemented using system() instead of exec() info # info For security reasons, exec should be preferred. steal exec token dlmod info dynamically extend the agent using a shared-object info arguments: module-name module-path question 1 Enter the name of the module question 2 Enter the path to the $1 module
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