Try
doing an snmpwalk command on the box and look for the SNMP settings. Somewhere,
if you use the community with write access, you should find the SNMP settings
for the read and/or write communities. Netview or some other manager must be
polling the device with the wrong community name. Your device should allow you
to do a SNMP set operation to the OID which defines the read and/or write
community name.
What
community is Netview using for SNMP polling? public is the usual default.
Perhaps your device has been set-up to only allow access via different
community.
Good
luck
Robin
I've got a rather strange problem and hopefully someone can give
me a clue where to start digging.
I have an AIX 5.1 system that has the NetView agent installed
and working just fine. The problem is that I am constantly (6-7 per
minute) getting traps (RPT below) from this server. I have run TCPDUMP
(external and loopback) and verified that queries with the wrong community
string are NOT coming in - hence it something internal to the box. I have
disabled the NetView agent and the problem continues. I have disabled SNMP
and of course it stops. Hence it's something IN the box.
Any idea how I can start digging into this problem?
Thanks Steve
=== TRAP.RPT
========================================================= DESCRIPTION : Mon Aug 23 08:38:53 2004
puxbmra1 A IBM Incorrect
Community Name
(authenticationFailure Trap) NOTES : INFO :
HOSTNAME :
puxbmra1
ENTERPRISE : ibm
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.3.1.2.1.1.3
GENERIC : 4
SPECIFIC :
0
LOGGEDTIME : 08/23/04
08:38:53
SEVERITY :
Warning
CATEGORY :
Node Configuration Events
SOURCE : Agent (A)
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