Re: linear handling of oids in a set command?

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:21:19 -0500 Chris wrote:
CC> When several objects are set in a single command, I've noticed that
CC> the snmp agent groups sets of the same object together.

The SNMP specs do not define order of evaluation - or rather, it says all
objects are to be set 'as if simultaneously'.

CC> What I want to do is use a set to c as a flag of sorts. The
CC> agent will say, ok, c was set now I need to go store a,b,c to some
CC> external variable.

Set requests with multiple varbinds are one of the more difficult cases to
handle. You have to play games with the modes.

CC> But how the oids are currently handled, the values
CC> of 2,3,4 have already been written over by 5,6,7 by the time the c
CC> handler gets called to do its first set commit.

so do a temporary save during an earlier mode.

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