snmpv3_ssw Command

Purpose

Switch the symbolic links among the non-encrypted snmpdv3 agent, encrypted snmpdv3 agent and snmpdv1 agent.

Syntax

snmpv3_ssw [ -e | -n | -1 ]

Description

Switch the symbolic links among the non-encrypted snmpdv3 agent, encrypted snmpdv3 agent and snmpdv1 agent, and then start the newly chosen SNMP agent. A user can choose which version of SNMP agent to run.

For example, if the current running SNMP agent is the encrypted snmpdv3 agent, the actual SNMP agent executable which is running on the machine is "/usr/sbin/snmpdv3e". The symbolic links on the machine are:
  • /usr/sbin/snmpd --> /usr/sbin/snmpdv3e
  • /usr/sbin/clsnmp --> /usr/sbin/clsnmpe
If a user chooses to switch to the non-encrypted snmpdv3 agent, after user runs the /usr/sbin/snmpv3_ssw command with the -n option, the actual snmp agent which is running on the machine "/usr/sbin/snmpdv3ne". The symbolic links on the machine will be changed to:
  • /usr/sbin/snmpd --> /usr/sbin/snmpdv3ne
  • /usr/sbin/clsnmp --> /usr/sbin/clsnmpne

Flags

Item Description
-e Switch to the encrypted version of snmpdv3 agent.
-n Switch to the non-encrypted version of snmpdv3 agent.
-1 Switch to the snmpdv1 agent.

Security

Attention RBAC users and Trusted AIX users: This command can perform privileged operations. Only privileged users can run privileged operations. For more information about authorizations and privileges, see Privileged Command Database in Security. For a list of privileges and the authorizations associated with this command, see the lssecattr command or the getcmdattr subcommand.

Examples

  1. To switch to the encrypted version of snmpdv3 agent, enter: 
    /usr/sbin/snmp3_ssw -e