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30.Dd October 7, 2010
31.Dt SNMP_VACM 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm snmp_vacm
35.Nd "View-based Access Control module for"
36.Xr bsnmpd 1
37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Pq begemotSnmpdModulePath."vacm" = "/usr/lib/snmp_vacm.so"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm snmp_vacm
42module implements SNMPv3 View-based Access Control Model MIB as defined in
43RFC 3415. The module is used to manage the internal lists of SNMPv1, v2c and
44v3 user names and groups and their access rights to fetch or modify the values
45of the MIB objects maintained by
46.Nm bsnmpd
47and the modules loaded in the daemon.
48The module must be loaded for
49.Nm bsnmpd
50to implement proper view-based access control. If the module is not loaded,
51access is granted to all configured SNMPv1 & SNMPv2c communities and SNMPv3
52USM users.
53.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
54An entry in any table implemented by this MIB may be created by setting the
55relevant RowStatus column to createAndGo (4) - in fact, any other value for
56those columns in a SET operation will cause an error. When an entry is created,
57any of its columns that is not used as index, is set to the default value as
58specified in the SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB. All entries maintained by the module
59are persistent after reboot if created via
60.Nm bsnmpd 's
61config file, otherwise entries created via SNMP are lost after reboot.
62A short description of the objects in the MIB follows.
63.Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXX"
64.It Va vacmContextTable
65A read-only table that consists of a list of SNMP contexts available in
66.Nm bsnmpd .
67.It Va vacmSecurityToGroupTable
68The table contains a list of SNMPv1, v2c and v3 user names and the groups
69they belong to.
70.It Va vacmAccessTable
71The table contains a list of SNMP contexts to groups mappings and respectively
72the names of the SNMP views under those contexts, to which users in the group
73are granted read-only, read-write access or receive notifications for the
74objects under the subtree in the relevant view.
75.It Va vacmViewTreeFamilyTable
76The table contains a list of SNMP views, i.e. entries specifying the OID of a
77MIB subtree and whether access to the objects under this subtree is to be
78allowed or forbidden.
79.El
80.Sh FILES
81.Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXX"
82.It Pa /usr/share/snmp/defs/vacm_tree.def
83The description of the MIB tree implemented by
84.Nm .
85.El
86.Sh SEE ALSO
87.Xr bsnmpd 1 ,
88.Xr gensnmptree 1 ,
89.Xr snmpmod 3
90.Sh STANDARDS
91IETF RFC 3415
92.Sh AUTHORS
93.An Shteryana Shopova Aq syrinx@FreeBSD.org
94