[ net-snmp-Bugs-998216 ] Setting SNMPCONFPATH breaks persistent file

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Bugs item #998216, was opened at 2004-07-26 19:34
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Category: agent
Group: windows
>Status: Open
Resolution: Rejected
Priority: 5
Submitted By: vector (michael_stone)
Assigned to: Wes Hardaker (hardaker)
Summary: Setting SNMPCONFPATH breaks persistent file

Initial Comment:
Relating to 996834, but another similar problem.  Net-
SNMP version 5.1.1.

Under Win32 and Cygwin, setting the SNMPCONFPATH 
environmental variable causes snmpd to ignore the 
contents of the existing persistent storage file 
(snmpd.conf) on startup and overwrite it with the 
default settings.

This occurs whether using the default persistent storage 
parameters or specifying them.  It also occurs even 
when the persistent directory is in SNMPCONFPATH.

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>Comment By: Dave Shield (dts12)
Date: 2004-07-27 16:47

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How did you specify the SNMPCONFPATH?
What was the exact setting you used,
and where was the persistent config file?

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Comment By: vector (michael_stone)
Date: 2004-07-27 16:38

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um, I tried that (adding persistent dir to SNMPCONFPATH), it 
still doesn't work under Win32 and Cygwin...  It fails to read 
the persistent snmpd.conf and stomps over the top of it 
when the agent starts.

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Comment By: Wes Hardaker (hardaker)
Date: 2004-07-27 14:55

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Set SNMPCONFPATH to include the path to the persistent file, and it will 
work. 
 
It's not a bug, it's a, um, feature! 
 
The persitsent file is just another configuration file. 

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