Re: SNMP v3 engineBoots problem [on windows]

On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 09:30, tao.wenqiang@zte.com.cn wrote:
> =E3=80=80
> > what happens if you shut down the agent, remove this file,
> > and then re-start the agent? Does it recreate this file or not?
>=20
> I shutdown the agent, remove this file, snmpd.conf was recreated
> again, found following lines:

[snip]

OK - so it *is* actually saving the persistent config file
(at least when it starts up). That's useful.


> every time my agent restarts, its engingBoots is always 1.=20
> in my opinion, when I agent restarts, it should increase
> engineBoots by 1 everytime

Yes - it should. Immediately after this value is read in,
it should be incremented (snmpv3.c/engineBoots_conf)

What happens if you run the agent with the -Dsnmpv3 debug
flag? That should display the engineBoots value immediately
after it's been read in and incremented.


Another possibility springs to mind.
If the engineID changes, the boot count will be reset.
Is "oldEngineID" the same every time you stop and restart?
Even if you remove the snmpd.conf file?


Dave



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