Re: rfc: snmptrapd dependencies on agent libs

On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 11:22 +0200, Thomas Anders wrote:
> FWIW, the original *intention* of --disable-agent wrt. snmptrapd
> seems to have been:
>
> [x] build snmptrapd without agent


> But I don't think it ever worked.
> So should we try to complete what has been started back then?


Well, first let's be clear about what exactly *are* the
dependencies that snmptrapd has on the agent code.
AIUI, there are probably three main elements:

a) running as an AgentX subagent
b) access control processing
c) invoking external commands ('run_shell_command')


a) feels fairly straightforward - if the agent
isn't being built, it's probably safest to
disable the snmptrapd AgentX support as well.

I'm not sure whether b) is currently a dependency
or not. But it presumably will become so, when
Wes' latest proposals come on board.

c) is fairly fundamental. It's used to implement
the 'traphandle' directive, which feels a fairly
core part of snmptrapd behaviour!

I suspect that the cleanest way to handle c) might
be to compile 'agent/mibgroup/utilities/execute'
directly into the snmptrapd binary (rather than
accessing it via the agent library).

Thoughts?

Dave


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