Re: mib format that does not parse

[Bill S. <wrs...@ze...>]

On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Dana P. Cook wrote:

> I need some help in determining the validity of a mib syntax which UCDSNMP4.2 
> rejects, but our mib maintainers claim is valid mib syntax. Here is the mib
> object in question :
> 
>     etsysPolicyProfileMIB  MODULE-IDENTITY
>         LAST-UPDATED "20010109000000Z"
>                                          --  January 9, 2001
>         ORGANIZATION "Enterasys Networks"
>         CONTACT-INFO
>                   "Enterasys Networks
>                    35 Industrial Way
>                    Rochester, NH 03867
>                    (603) 332-9400
>                    su...@en...
>                    http://www.enterasys.com"
>         DESCRIPTION
>             "This mib module defines a portion of the SNMP enterprise
>              MIBs under the Enterasys enterprise OID pertaining to the
>              mapping of per user policy profiles for Enterasys switching
>              products."
>         REVISION "20010109000000Z"
>         DESCRIPTION
>             "The initial version of this MIB module."
>         ::= { etsysPolicyProfileOID }
> 
> 
> etsysPolicyProfileOID is imported from another file and the import is correct. It 
> appears that what the ucdsnmp tools do not like about this abject is that it is
> defining one object to equal another object, not to be a subranch of another object
> ( see last line --- ::= { etsysPolicyProfileOID }   )

I ran into this same problem, but I had the agent crashing!

Yes, ucd-snmp doesn't like this syntax, even though it's valid.
Unfortunatly I don't know enough of the internals to fix it. :-(

Take care,

Bill