Hello James.

Can you clarify the message below? I cannot access the site you mention in
the note.
While we have determined the source of the error, we cannot determine the
cause.

TIA.

Ray Westphal.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Shanks" <SHANKS AT us.tivoli DOT com>
To: "IBM NetView Discussion" <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [NV-L] Need MIB


> This is the standard AIX  "authentication failure trap"  You get this
every
> time some SNMP agent queries the box with an invalid community name.
> To find out more info you need to proceed to  fic_unix_12.fic.com and edit
> /etc/snmpd.conf and turn on the trace (logging level=3).  When it happens
> again you can see who is doing it, and with what community string, in the
> trace file.
>
> I have never heard of an IBM Agent MIB.   As far as I know, the snmpd
agent
> in AIX responds only to MIB-II.
>
>
> James Shanks
> Team Leader, Level 3 Support
> Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
>
>
> "Stamper, Steve" <Steve_Stamper AT foremost DOT com>@tkg.com on 07/02/2001
> 12:55:37 PM
>
> Please respond to IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
>
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