Sorry typo I am doing a snmpset,but still getting the error.

regards Arthur

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Francis [mailto:steve.francis AT COMMSERV.UCSB DOT EDU]
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 11:05 AM
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Router backups


"Boulieris, Arthur" wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> Thanks for the script. Ive tried doing:
> /usr/OV/bin/snmpget -c community router1 .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2.1.55.serverip
> octetstring
> /tftpboot/router1.

Actually, the script does an snmpset, not a get.

>
> This is pretty much what your script does only I get "A general failure
> occured on the agent"
> I had to create /tftpboot, Should it allready have been there?

I think it is not default on AIX: I may have had to create it too.

> I created the file router1,both tftpboot and router1 and chmod 666 them.
> The community string is ok so Im not sure why this isnt working.
> Did you have any problems with this?

Probably just the getting instead of setting the variable.