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Commands Reference, Volume 5

snmptrap Command

Purpose

Generate a notification (trap) to report an event to the SNMP manager with the specified message.

Syntax

snmptrap [ -a Host ] [ -c Community ] [-d ] -m Message

Description

Generate a notification (trap) to report an event to the SNMP manager with the specified message.

Flags

-a Host Specifies to connect to the SNMP agent on the specified host. If the -a flag is not specified, the default host is the local host. Host can be an IP address or a host name.
-c Community Specifies community name to use. This community must have been set in /etc/snmpdv3.conf for SNMP version 3 or in /etc/snmpd.conf for SNMP version 1 and have the read access privilege at least to the SNMP agent running on the specified host or local host. If the -c flag is not specified, the default community name is "public".
-d Enables the debug facility
-m Message Defines the message that the snmptrap command will send. Message specifies the information the trap will hold. This information is in the text format.The -m flag must be the last flag specified.

Exit Status

0
Trap information was sent out correctly.
1
This indicates something was wrong during the process.

Examples

  1. In order to send a trap with the message 'hello world' to the SNMP agent running on the local host, enter the following: 
    snmptrap -m hello world
    Note
    the community 'public' must have read access to the SNMP agent running on the local host. For details, please refer to SNMP configuration documentation.
  2. In order to send a trap with the community name 'community1' and the message 'hello world' to the SNMP agent running on a remote host 'blah', enter the following: 
    snmptrap -c community1 -h blah -m hello world
    Note
    The community 'community1' must have read access to the SNMP agent running on the host 'blah'. For details, please refer to the SNMP configuration documentation.

Files

/etc/snmpdv3.conf Contains the configuration file for the SNMP version 3 agent.
/etc/snmpd.conf Contains the configuration file for the SNMP version 1 agent.

Related Information

The snmpdv3 daemon, snmpdv1 daemon.

The Network Management article in AIX 5L Version 5.2 System Management Guide: Communications and Networks

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