#1144 Setting SNMPCONFPATH breaks persistent file

[vector]

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.

[Wes Hardaker]

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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.

[vector]

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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.

[Dave Shield]

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

[vector]

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Under windows:
set SNMPCONFPATH=c:\usr\share\snmp;c:\usr\snmp\persist

Under Cygwin:
export SNMPCONFPATH=/usr/local/share/snmp:/var/net-snmp

In both cases, the persistent file is in the default
location and it gets stomped when the agent starts...
c:\usr\snmp\persist\snmpd.conf
/var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf

[Dave Shield]

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My immediate reaction is to wonder whether the agent
is interpreting this path correctly.

Can you try running
snmpd -Dread-config ....

and look at what config files it attempts to read.

[Alex Burger]

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Under Windows you should be using forward slashes in all
configuration files and environment variables. Try:

set SNMPCONFPATH=c:/usr/share/snmp;c:/usr/snmp/persist

[vector]

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I appreciate the suggestions. I had finished the evaluation
step of the project and am convinced we want to use Net-
SNMP. I'm on another project at the moment. I'll have to
give these a try. Have any of you had a chance to verify
that it works correctly under Win32 and Cygwin using the
suggested solutions?

Thanks again