HPUX community[4]

 community(4)                                                   community(4)





 NAME
      community - SNMP community name database

 DESCRIPTION
      The community file associates host names with SNMP community names.
      The SNMP applications use this file to determine which SNMP community
      name to use for SNMP requests.

      SNMP community names are similar to passwords.  The community name
      sent with a request must match the community name expected by the
      target SNMP node (agent).  Some SNMP nodes support multiple levels of
      access based on the community name (e.g., read-only versus read-
      write).  Since the capability of changing a remote node's
      configuration may be sensitive, only store read-only SNMP community
      names in this database.  (See snmpd(1M).)

      Each host has a single line with the following format.

           hostname community proxy

      hostname is the official host name (see hosts(4)).  For aliases, enter
      additional lines in the same format.

      community is the SNMP community name used to access the hostname.
      Separate the fields by blanks or tabs.  Empty lines are ignored.  A #
      character indicates the beginning of a comment; characters from the #
      character to the end of the line are ignored.

      proxy is the offical host name (see hosts(4)) of the proxy.  This
      field is optional.

      Use the default special name to indicate the community name used if a
      hostname is not found in the database.  This entry usually has the
      value public.

 EXAMPLES
      Each line in the following community file has a preceding comment that
      explains the entry.


           # Community name for the testnode node is netman

           testnode netman

           # Community name for the monet node is painter

           monet painter

           # All SNMP requests for node renoir
           # will be sent to node seurat using the community name
           # proxy_comm



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 community(4)                                                   community(4)





           renoir proxy_comm seurat

           # Default community name is public

           default public

 AUTHOR
      community was developed by HP.

 FILES
      /etc/community           SNMP community names

 SEE ALSO
      snmpget(1), snmpnext(1), snmpset(1), snmptrap(1), snmpd(1M), hosts(4),
      snmpd.conf(4), xnmintro(5).

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