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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/bsnmp/snmpd/bsnmpd.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/bsnmp/snmpd/bsnmpd.1 | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/bsnmp/snmpd/bsnmpd.1 b/contrib/bsnmp/snmpd/bsnmpd.1 index c11ee6b..bfc792d 100644 --- a/contrib/bsnmp/snmpd/bsnmpd.1 +++ b/contrib/bsnmp/snmpd/bsnmpd.1 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Begemot: bsnmp/snmpd/bsnmpd.1,v 1.4 2004/08/06 08:47:10 brandt Exp $ +.\" $Begemot: bsnmp/snmpd/bsnmpd.1,v 1.6 2005/02/25 11:56:01 brandt_h Exp $ .\" .Dd August 15, 2002 .Dt SNMPD 1 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The .Nm daemon servers the internet SNMP (Simple Network Managment Protocol). -It is intended to server only the absolute basic MIBs and implement all other +It is intended to serve only the absolute basic MIBs and implement all other MIBs through loadable modules. In this way the .Nm can be used in unexpected ways. @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ value. The value can be specified in the usual C-syntax for numbers. This option specifies a colon separated list of directories to search for configuration include files. The default is .Pa /etc:/usr/etc/:/usr/local/etc . -These paths are only searched for include specified within <> parantheses. +These paths are only searched for include specified within <> parentheses. .It Fl l Ar prefix The .Ar prefix @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ MIB variable assignments .El .Pp If a line is too long it can be continued on the next line by ending it with -a backslash. Empty lines and lines who's first non-blank character is a +a backslash. Empty lines and lines in which the first non-blank character is a .Dq # sign are ignored. .Pp @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ in a single SET PDU. Any failure during the initial configuration read causes to exit. A failure during the configuration read caused by a module load causes the loading of the module to fail. .Pp -The configuration is red during initialisation of +The configuration is read during initialisation of .Nm , when a module is loaded and when .Nm @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ include directive that takes one of two forms: .Pp The first form causes the file to be searched in the current directory, the second form causes the file to be searched in the directories specified in -the system include path. Nesting depths is only restricted by available +the system include path. Nesting depth is only restricted by available memory. .Ss MIB VARIABLE ASSIGNMENTS A MIB variable is assigned with the syntax @@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ oid [ suboids ] = value is the name of the variable to be set. Only the last component of the entire name is used here. If the variable is a scalar, the index (.0) is automatically appended and need not to be specified. If the variable is a table column, -the index ( -.Va suboids ) +the index +.Pq Va suboids must be specified. The index consist of elements each seperated from the -previous one by a dot. Elements may be either numbers, strings or hostnames +previous one by a dot. Elements may be either numbers, strings or hostnames enclosed in [] brackets. If the element is a number it is appended to the current oid. If the element is a string, its length and the .Tn ASCII |
