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.Dd $Mdocdate: March 30 2008 $
.Dt SNMPD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm snmpd
.Nd Simple Network Management Protocol Daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm snmpd
.Op Fl dNnv
.Oo Xo
.Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value Oc
.Xc
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a daemon which implements the SNMP protocol.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value
Define
.Ar macro
to be set to
.Ar value
on the command line.
Overrides the definition of
.Ar macro
in the configuration file.
.It Fl d
Do not daemonize and log to
.Em stderr .
.It Fl f Ar file
Use
.Ar file
as the configuration file, instead of the default
.Pa /etc/snmpd.conf .
.It Fl N
Show numeric OID values instead of their symbolic names.
.It Fl n
Configtest mode.
Only check the configuration file for validity.
.It Fl v
Produce more verbose output.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/snmpd.confXXX" -compact
.It Pa /etc/snmpd.conf
default
.Nm
configuration file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr snmpd.conf 5 ,
.Xr snmpctl 8
.Rs
.%R RFC 1157
.%T A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
.%D May 1990
.Re
.Rs
.%R http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/projects/snmpv3/
.%T SNMP Version 3 (SNMPv3)
.%D March 2002
.Re
.Rs
.%R RFC 3410
.%T Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework
.%D December 2002
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program first appeared in
.Ox 4.3 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
program was written by
.An Reyk Floeter Aq reyk@vantronix.net .
.Sh CAVEATS
.Nm
does not fully work yet.