#2911 snmpd file logging level does not work

[mabra]

Hello!

Using

snmpd -f -LSwd -LFi /var/log/snmp/snmpd.log< (or: -LF6)
does not produce an outputfile at all, while
snmpd -f -LSwd -Lf /var/log/snmp/snmpd.log
does.
According to the documentation it should.
Staying with "-Lf" just give no information about the level/severity of logentries.
The same mechanisme works well with syslog.

This is
NET-SNMP version: 5.7.3 on debian stretch (4.17.0-0.bpo.1-amd64)

Regards,
Manfred

[Anders Wallin]

You need to use spaces between LF and i, or no spaces between i and the filename
"-LF<space>i<space>/var/log/snmp/snmpd.log"
or
"-LFi/var/log/snmp/snmpd.log" </space></space>

According to the doc you should use spaces

snmpd -h
....
   -L <LOGOPTS>          toggle options controlling where to log to
        e:           log to standard error
        o:           log to standard output
        n:           don't log at all
        f file:      log to the specified file
        s facility:  log to syslog (via the specified facility)

        (variants)
        [EON] pri:   log to standard error, output or /dev/null for level 'pri' and above
        [EON] p1-p2: log to standard error, output or /dev/null for levels 'p1' to 'p2'
        [FS] pri token:    log to file/syslog for level 'pri' and above
        [FS] p1-p2 token:  log to file/syslog for levels 'p1' to 'p2'
....