debian man page for snmptrapfmt

Query: snmptrapfmt

OS: debian

Section: 8

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SNMPTRAPFMT(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    SNMPTRAPFMT(8)

NAME
snmptrapfmt - Receive and log SNMP trap messages from a trap handler.
SYNOPSIS
snmptrapfmt [-d num] [-D] [-f cfgfile]
DESCRIPTION
Snmptrapfmt receives SNMP trap data through a local pipe. The trap data is written to this pipe by a SNMP trap handler which is called by snmptrapd (configuration is done in /etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf) during the installation if this package. Snmptrapfmt formats the received trap data according to the specifications in the configuration file /etc/snmp/snmptrapfmt.conf (see this file for the syntax). The output of the snmptrapfmt application may be written to a log file or forwarded to the syslog daemon. The option -d 1 should be specified to enable tracing. Trace information is then written to the file /var/tmp/snmptrapfmt.trc. If the option -f cfgfile is given, the output of the daemon is configured via the mentioned configuration file. If this option is not spec- ified, a default output format is used. If the option -D is given, the the program will daemonize into the background. The syntax of the configuration file is explained in /etc/snmp/snmptrapfmt.conf !
FILES
/etc/init.d/snmptrapfmt is the start/stop script. /etc/snmp/snmptrapfmt.conf is the configuration file. /var/run/snmptrapfmt.pid is the PID file. /etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf is the configuration file of the snmptrapd daemon, which calls the trap handler snmptrapfmthdlr. /usr/sbin/snmptrapfmt is the executable of the application. /usr/sbin/snmptrapfmthdlr is the executable of the trap handler. /var/run/snmptrapfmt.p is the communication pipe between the trap handler snmptrapfmthdlr and the formatter snmptrapfmt. /var/tmp/snmptrapfmt.trc is the trace file if the option -d is specified. /var/log/snmptrapfmt.log is the log file as specified in the configuration file.
SEE ALSO
snmptrapfmthdlr(8), syslog(8), variables(5), RFC 1155, RFC 1156, RFC 1157, SNMP Security Internet Drafts 4th Berkeley Distribution 19 DECEMBER 2002 SNMPTRAPFMT(8)
Related Man Pages
snmp_trap_api(3) - suse
snmptrapd(8) - suse
snmp_trap_api(3) - osx
netsnmp::trapreceiver(3) - centos
netsnmp::trapreceiver(3) - suse
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