snmpd Daemon
Purpose
Starts the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent as a background process.
Syntax
Refer to the syntax for either the snmpdv1 daemon or the snmpdv3 daemon.
Description
/usr/sbin/snmpd is a
symbolic link to to either the encrypted or non-encrypted version
of the snmpdv3 daemon which supports SNMP version 3.
Note: The
encrypted version of the SNMP version 3 agent is available from the AIX® Expansion Pack.
Files
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| /usr/sbin/snmpd | Contains a symbolic link to either /usr/sbin/snmpdv1, /usr/sbin/snmpdv3e, or /usr/sbin/snmpdv3ne. |
| /usr/sbin/snmpdv1 | Contains the SNMP version 1 agent. |
| /usr/sbin/snmpdv3e | Contains the encrypted version of the SNMP version 3 agent. |
| /usr/sbin/snmpdv3ne | Contains the non-encrypted version of the SNMP version 3 agent. |