D T <dtmitre AT yahoo DOT com> writes:
> Thanks James.  Unfortunately I don't have access to IBM's internal
> forums.  So how does trapd.conf talk to the MIB browser.  

It doesn't.   Traps are defined with the addtrap command (for which
there is a man page)  and stored in /usr/OV/conf/C/trapd.conf  which
is used by teh trapd daemon. 

The mib browser(s) (there are 2 in 6.x, 3 different ones in 7.x!)  are
entirely separate.  They are called as separate tools by various
things in the GUI.

The only thing that attempts to tie a text MIB file to an addtrap is
the mib2trap program (For which there is also a man page).   However,
beyond that, there is no interaction. 

> I am assuming that trapd.conf receives a trap and with the oid it
> receives, sends it to the MIB browser, in turn the MIB browser sends
> back the name-type, which can be displayed by using the $*,

I'm afraid it does not interact that way.

Best Regards, 
-- 
Todd H.
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