Re: Problems with snmptranslate

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On 23/10/2007, Smith_Randy@emc.com <Smith_Randy@emc.com> wrote:
> You're right, it was an snmptranslate command in another path.
> Nevertheless, even with net-snmp's 'snmptranslate'
> (net-snmp-5.4.1/apps), with my MIB located in $HOME/.snmp/mibs, when I
> issue:
>
> PP-EVENTS-MIB::emc
>
> I get the following error:
>
> vobs lca1099 > pwd
> /emc/smithr15/net-snmp-5.4.1/apps
> vobs lca1099 > snmptranslate PP-EVENTS-MIB::emc
> No log handling enabled - turning on stderr logging
> Cannot find module (PP-EVENTS-MIB): At line 0 in (none)
> PP-EVENTS-MIB::emc: Unknown Object Identifier

That's because the MIB is called "PPEVENTS-MIB",
not "PP-EVENTS-MIB".

You know that the two are meant to refer to the same thing.
_I_ know that the two are meant to refer to the same thing.
But computers are thick, and assume that they're completely different!

Dave

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