Re: How does the agent snmpd response the request?

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:44:53 +0800 Zax wrote:
Z> I would like to know how the agent snmpd response the requests, and
Z> how the agent know which module functions should be used to response
Z> the requests.

The modules register for certain OIDs, and the agent uses the OIDs in the
incoming PDU to find the appropriate module to to handle each varbind in the
PDU. Of course, this is a gross over-simplification of the process.

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