[SunHELP] snmpd and mibiisa

[Erik Parker]

> Hello,
>
> I have a question about snmpd and mibiisa running on my Solaris 6 and 7 systems. Could someone tell me how I can tell
> whether or not I need these services? I read man pages on snmp and mibiisa. In my /etc/services file, there's no
> entries for snmp and snmp-trap. Also, I looked for port numbers for snmp and mibiisa by using "rpcinfo -p" but
> couldn't find any port related to snmp and mibiisa services. But "ps" shows that both services are running. Do I need
> them? Can I turn them off?

Yes, you should be able to safely disable snmpd from the rc directories.
Snmp (Simple network management protocol) is used to monitor your system.
Get device information, and general information about the system. If your
machine is on a large network of systems being monitored by a program like
HP Openview, you would leave this enabled.

However, disabling it if you aren't using it, is a good idea.



Erik Parker
Mind Security

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