snmpset - communicates with a network entity using SNMP SET requests
snmpset [COMMON OPTIONS] AGENT OID TYPE VALUE [OID TYPE VALUE]...
SNMPSET(1) Net-SNMP SNMPSET(1)
NAME
snmpset - communicates with a network entity using SNMP SET requests
SYNOPSIS
snmpset [COMMON OPTIONS] AGENT OID TYPE VALUE [OID TYPE VALUE]...
DESCRIPTION
snmpset is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP SET request to set
information on a network entity. One or more object identifiers (OIDs)
must be given as arguments on the command line. A type and a value to
be set must accompany each object identifier. Each variable name is
given in the format specified in variables(5).
The TYPE is a single character, one of:
i INTEGER
u UNSIGNED
s STRING
x HEX STRING
d DECIMAL STRING
n NULLOBJ
o OBJID
t TIMETICKS
a IPADDRESS
b BITS
Most of these will use the obvious corresponding ASN.1 type. 's', 'x',
'd' and 'b' are all different ways of specifying an OCTET STRING value,
and the 'u' unsigned type is also used for handling Gauge32 values.
If you have the proper MIB file loaded, you can, in most cases, replace
the type with an '=' sign. For an object of type OCTET STRING this will
assume a string like the 's' type notation. For other types it will do
"The Right Thing".
For example:
snmpset -c private -v 1 test-hub system.sysContact.0 s dpz@noc.rut-
gers.edu ip.ipforwarding.0 = 2
will set the variables sysContact.0 and ipForwarding.0:
system.sysContact.0 = STRING: "dpz@noc.rutgers.edu"
ip.ipForwarding.0 = INTEGER: not-forwarding(2)
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.
OPTIONS
snmpset takes the common options described in the snmpcmd(1) manual
page. Note that snmpset REQUIRES an argument specifying the agent to
query and at least one set of OID/type/value arguments, as described in
there.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+---------------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+---------------------------------+
|Availability | system/management/snmp/net-snmp |
+---------------+---------------------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+---------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
snmpcmd(1), variables(5).
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://sourceforge.net/projects/net-
snmp/files/net-snmp/5.8/net-snmp-5.8.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.net-snmp.org/.
V5.8 19 Jun 2003 SNMPSET(1)