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snmpget(1M)						  System Administration Commands					       snmpget(1M)

NAME
snmpget - communicate with a network entity using SNMP GET requests SYNOPSIS
/usr/sfw/bin/snmpget [common options] [-Cf] oid [oid...] DESCRIPTION
The snmpget utility is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP GET request to query for information on a network entity. You can specify one or more object identifiers (OIDs) as arguments on the command line. Each variable name must be specified in the format specified in snmp_variables(4) . For example, the command: # snmpget -c public zeus system.sysDescr.0 retrieves the variable system.sysDescr.0: system.sysDescr.0 = "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3_U1 1 sun4m" If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an error packet is returned and a message displayed. The message indi- cates the way in which the request was malformed. If there were other variables in the request that were correctly formed, the request will be resent without the bad variable. OPTIONS
The following option is supported: -Cf If -Cf is not specified, some applications (including snmpgetnext(1M) and snmpget) attempt to fix errors returned by the agent that you were talking to and resend the request. The -Cf option suppresses this fix-and-resend feature. Fix-and-resend is useful if you specified a nonexistent OID in your request and you are using SNMPv1, which requires "all or nothing" types of requests. In the following example note that system.sysUpTime is an incomplete OID, because it requires the .0 index appended to it: # snmpget -v1 -Cf -c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0 Error in packet Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB. This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime # snmpget -v1 -c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0 Error in packet Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB. This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0 = STRING: root@localhost In addition to this option, snmpwalk takes the common options described in the snmpcmd(1M) manual page. EXIT STATUS
0 Successful completion. 1 A usage syntax error. A usage message is displayed. Also used for timeout errors. 2 An error occurred while executing the command. An error message is displayed. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWsmcmd | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |External | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
snmpcmd(1M), snmp_variables(4), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 20 Jan 2004 snmpget(1M)

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SNMPGET(1)							     Net-SNMP								SNMPGET(1)

NAME
snmpget - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET requests SYNOPSIS
snmpget [COMMON OPTIONS] [-Cf] OID [OID]... DESCRIPTION
snmpget is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP GET request to query for information on a network entity. One or more object identifiers (OIDs) may be given as arguments on the command line. Each variable name is given in the format specified in variables(5). OPTIONS
-Cf If -Cf is not specified, some applications (snmpdelta, snmpget, snmpgetnext and snmpstatus) will try to fix errors returned by the agent that you were talking to and resend the request. The only time this is really useful is if you specified a OID that didn't exist in your request and you're using SNMPv1 which requires "all or nothing" kinds of requests. In addition to this option, snmpget REQUIRES options and agent arguments, as described in the snmpcmd(1) manual page. EXAMPLES
The command: snmpget -c public zeus system.sysDescr.0 will retrieve the variable system.sysDescr.0 from the host zeus using the community string public : system.sysDescr.0 = "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3_U1 1 sun4m" If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an error packet will be returned and a message will be shown, helping to pinpoint in what way the request was malformed. If there were other variables in the request, the request will be resent without the bad variable. Here is another example. The -c and -v options are defined in the snmpcmd(1) manual page. (Note that system.sysUpTime is an incomplete OID, as it needs the .0 index appended to it): snmpget -v1 -Cf -c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0 This example will return the following: Error in packet Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB. This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime Similarly, the command: snmpget -v1 -c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0 Will return: Error in packet Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB. This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0 = STRING: root@localhost With the -Cf flag specified the application will not try to fix the PDU for you. SEE ALSO
snmpcmd(1), snmpwalk(1), variables(5). 4th Berkeley Distribution 08 Feb 2002 SNMPGET(1)
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