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36.Dd January 10, 2012
37.Dt BSNMPGET 1
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm bsnmpget ,
41.Nm bsnmpwalk ,
42.Nm bsnmpset
43.Nd "simple tools for querying SNMP agents"
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Op Fl aDdehnK
47.Op Fl A Ar options
48.Op Fl b Ar buffersize
49.Op Fl C Ar options
50.Op Fl I Ar options
51.Op Fl i Ar filelist
52.Op Fl l Ar filename
53.Op Fl M Ar max-repetitions
54.Op Fl N Ar non-repeaters
55.Op Fl o Ar output
56.Op Fl P Ar options
57.Op Fl p Ar pdu
58.Op Fl r Ar retries
59.Op Fl s Ar [trans::][community@][server][:port]
60.Op Fl t Ar timeout
61.Op Fl U Ar options
62.Op Fl v Ar version
63.Op Ar OID ...
64.Pp
65.Nm bsnmpwalk
66.Op Fl dhnK
67.Op Fl A Ar options
68.Op Fl b Ar buffersize
69.Op Fl C Ar options
70.Op Fl I Ar options
71.Op Fl i Ar filelist
72.Op Fl l Ar filename
73.Op Fl o Ar output
74.Op Fl P Ar options
75.Op Fl r Ar retries
76.Op Fl s Ar [trans::][community@][server][:port]
77.Op Fl t Ar timeout
78.Op Fl U Ar options
79.Op Fl v Ar version
80.Op Ar OID ...
81.Pp
82.Nm bsnmpset
83.Op Fl adehnK
84.Op Fl A Ar options
85.Op Fl b Ar buffersize
86.Op Fl C Ar options
87.Op Fl I Ar options
88.Op Fl i Ar filelist
89.Op Fl l Ar filename
90.Op Fl o Ar output
91.Op Fl P Ar options
92.Op Fl r Ar retries
93.Op Fl s Ar [trans::][community@][server][:port]
94.Op Fl t Ar timeout
95.Op Fl U Ar options
96.Op Fl v Ar version
97.Ar OID Ns = Ar syntax Ns : Ns Ar value
98.Op Ar OID Ns = Ar syntax Ns : Ns Ar value ...
99.Sh DESCRIPTION
100.Nm ,
101.Nm bsnmpwalk
102and
103.Nm bsnmpset
104are simple tools for retrieving management information from and setting
105management information to a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent.
106.Pp
107Depending on the options
108.Nm bsnmpget
109constructs either a SNMP GetRequest, GetNextRequest
110or a GetBulkRequest packet, fills in the object identifiers (OIDs) of the
111objects whose values will be retrieved, waits for a response and prints it if
112received successfully.
113.Pp
114.Nm Bsnmpwalk
115queries an agent with ether SNMP GetNextRequest or GetBulkRequest packets,
116asking for values of OID instances that are a part of the object subtree
117rooted at the provided OIDs.
118.Pp
119.Nm Bsnmpset
120constructs a SNMP SetRequest packet, fills in the OIDs (object identifiers),
121syntaxes and values of the objects whose values are to be set and waits for a
122response from server.
123.Sh OPTIONS
124The options are as follows (not all apply to all three programs):
125.Bl -tag -width ".It Fl D Ar options"
126.It Fl A Ar options
127Authentication options to use with SNMPv3 PDUs
128.Bl -tag -width \&
129.It Cm proto=[md5|sha]
130The protocol to use when calculating the PDU message digest.
131.It Cm key=authkey
132A binary localized authentication key to use when calculating the PDU message
133digest.
134.El
135.Pp
136By default SNMPv3 PDUs are sent unauthenticated.
137.It Fl a
138Skip any sanity checks when adding OIDs to a Protocol Data Unit (PDU):
139ingore syntax/access type, allow adding of non-leaf objects for GetPdu and
140read-only objects to a SetPDU.
141.It Fl b Ar buffersize
142Tune the size of buffers used to send and receive packets.
143The default size is 10000 bytes which should be enough unless an agent sends
144a really large octetstring.
145The maximum allowed length is 65535 according to the Structure of Management
146Information (SMIv2).
147.It Fl C Ar options
148The context to query with SNMPv3 PDUs.
149.Bl -tag -width \&
150.It Cm context=name
151The context name.
152Default is "" (empty).
153.It Cm context-engine=engine-id
154The SNMP Engine ID of the context to query with SNMPv3 PDUs, represented as
155binary octet string.
156By default, this is set to the Engine ID of the SNMP agent.
157.El
158.It Fl D
159Perform SNMP USM Engine Discovery, rather than sending a request for the value
160of a specific object.
161.It Fl d
162Turn on debugging.
163This option will cause the packets sent and received to be dumped to the
164terminal.
165.It Fl e
166Retry on error.
167If an error is returned in the response PDU, resend the request removing the
168variable that caused the error until a valid response is received.
169This is only useful for a GetRequest- and a GetNextRequest-PDU.
170.It Fl h
171Print a short help text with default values for various options.
172.It Fl I Ar options
173Load each MIB description file from the given list to translate symbolic
174object names to their numerical representation and vice versa.
175Use the other options to obtain a non-default behaviour:
176.Bl -tag -width \&
177.It Cm cut=OID
178Specifies the initial OID that was cut by
179.Xr gensnmpdef 1
180when producing the MIB description file.
181The default value is .iso(1).org(3).dod(6) which is what should have been
182used for all the files installed under
183.Pa /usr/share/snmp/defs .
184Use this only if you generated your own files, providing a
185.Fl c
186option to
187.Xr gensnmpdef 1 .
188.It Cm path=filedir
189The directory where files in the list will be searched.
190The default is
191.Pa /usr/share/snmp/defs Ns .
192.It Cm file=filelist
193A comma separated list of files to which the two options above will apply.
194.El
195.Pp
196The file suboption has to come after the other suboptions so that their
197non-default values will be applied to the list of files.
198The order of the other suboptions before each file suboption can be random.
199Suboptions may be separated either by commas or by spaces.
200If using spaces make sure the entire option string is one argument, for
201example using quotes.
202.It Fl i Ar filelist
203List of MIB description files produced by
204.Xr gensnmpdef 1
205which
206.Nm bsnmpget ,
207.Nm bsnmpwalk
208or
209.Nm bsnmpset
210will search to translate numerical OIDs to their symbolic object names.
211Multiple files can be provided either giving this option multiple times
212or a comma separated list of file names.
213If a filename begins with a letter the default directory,
214.Pa /usr/share/snmp/defs ,
215will be searched.
216.It Fl K
217Calculate and display the localized authentication and privacy keys
218corresponding to a plain text password.
219The password is obtained via the environment.
220Additionally, if one or more OIDs are specified, the calculated
221keys are used when processing the SNMPv3 requests.
222.It Fl l Ar filename
223The path of the posix local (unix domain) socket if local
224transport is used.
225.It Fl M Ar max-repetitions
226The value for the max-repetitions field in a GetBulk PDU.
227Default is 10.
228.It Fl N Ar non-repeaters
229The value for the non-repeaters field in a GetBulk PDU.
230Default is 0.
231.It Fl n
232Only use numerical representations for input and output OIDs and do not
233try to resolve symbolic object names.
234Note that
235.Nm bsnmpget ,
236.Nm bsnmpwalk
237and
238.Nm bsnmpset
239will print numerical OIDs anyway if the corresponding string representation
240is not found in the MIB description files.
241.It Fl o Ar [quiet|short|verbose]
242The format used to print the received response.
243Quiet only prints values, short (default) prints an abbreviated OID
244representation and the value.
245In addition to the short output verbose prints the type before the value.
246.It Fl P Ar options
247Privacy options to use with SNMPv3 PDUs
248.Bl -tag -width \&
249.It Cm proto=[aes|des]
250The protocol to use when encrypting/decrypting SNMPv3 PDU data.
251.It Cm key=privkey
252A binary localized privacy key to use when encrypting/decrypting SNMPv3 PDU data.
253.El
254.Pp
255By default plain text SNMPv3 PDUs are sent.
256.It Fl p Ar [get|getnext|getbulk]
257The PDU type to send by
258.Nm bsmpget
259and
260.Nm bsnmpwalk .
261Default is get
262for
263.Nm bsmpget
264and getnext for
265.Nm bsnmpwalk .
266Getbulk allows executing the so called SNMP "bulkwalks" allowing the values of
267multiple columns to be retrieved in a single PDU by
268.Nm bsnmpwalk .
269.It Fl r Ar retries
270Number of resends of request packets before giving up if the agent does
271not respond after the first try.
272Default is 3.
273.It Fl s Ar [trans::] Ns Ar [community@] Ns Ar [server] Ns Ar [:port]
274Each of the server specification components is optional but at least one
275has to be provided if the
276.Ar s
277option is used.
278The server specification is constructed in the following manner:
279.Bl -tag -width \&
280.It Cm trans::
281Transport type may be one of udp, stream or dgram.
282If this option is not provided an UDP inet/inet6 socket will be used, which
283is the most common.
284Stream stands for a posix local stream socket and a posix local datagram
285socket will be used if dgram is specified.
286.It Cm community@
287Specify an SNMP community string to be used when sending packets.
288If the option is skipped the default "public" will be used for
289.Nm
290and
291.Nm bsnmpwalk
292and the default "private" community string will be used for
293.Nm bsnmpset .
294.It Cm server
295This might be either the IP address or the hostname where the agent is
296listening.
297The default is
298.Qq localhost .
299.It Cm port
300The destination port to send the requests to.
301This is useful if the SNMP agent listens on a non-default port.
302Default is given by the
303.Qq snmp
304entry in
305.Pa /etc/services ,
306port 161.
307.El
308.It Fl t Ar timeout
309Number of seconds before resending a request packet if the agent does
310not respond.
311The default value is 3 seconds.
312.It Fl U Ar options
313User credentials when sending SNMPv3 PDUs.
314.Bl -tag -width \&
315.It Cm engine=id
316The Engine ID of the SNMP agent represented as a binary octet string.
317.It Cm engine-boots=value
318The value of the snmpEngineBoots of the SNMP agent.
319.It Cm engine-time=value
320The value of the snmpEngineTime of the SNMP agent.
321.Pp
322If any of the above is not specified, SNMP USM Engine Discovery is attempted.
323This is also the default behavior.
324.It Cm name=username
325The USM user name to include in the SNMPv3 PDUs.
326By default, the user name is
327obtained via the environment.
328.El
329.It Fl v Ar version
330The SNMP protocol version to use when sending requests.
331SNMP versions 1, 2 and
3323 are supported.
333If no version option is provided
334.Nm bsnmpget ,
335.Nm bsnmpwalk
336and
337.Nm bsnmpset
338will use version 2.
339Note that GetBulkRequest-PDUs were introduced in SNMPv2 thus setting the
340version to 1 is incompatible with sending a GetBulk PDU.
341.It OID
342The object identifier whose value to retrieve.
343At least one OID should be provided for
344.Nm bsnmpget
345to be able to send a request.
346.Pp
347For
348.Nm bsnmpwalk
349this is the root object identifier of the subtree whose values are to be
350retrieved.
351If no OID is provided
352.Nm bsnmpwalk
353will walk the mib2 subtree rooted
354at .iso(1).org(3).dod(6).internet(1).mgmt(2).mib2(1) .
355.Pp
356Any of the formats used to print a single variable
357is valid as input OID:
358.Bl -tag -width \&
359.It 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1.1.0
360.It sysDescr
361.It ifPhysAddress.1
362.It ifRcvAddressStatus.2.6.255.255.255.255.255.255
363.It ifRcvAddressType[2,ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff]
364.It ifRcvAddressStatus[Integer:1,OctetString:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff]
365(requires the
366.Fl o Ar verbose
367option)
368.El
369.Pp
370Square brackets are used to denote an entry's indexes.
371When used in an input OID, the square brackets may have to be
372escaped or the OID has to be quoted to protect it from the shell.
373Note there is no difference between ifName.1 and "ifName[1]".
374.It OID Ns = Ns Ar [syntax Ns :] Ns Ar value
375The object identifier with its syntax type and value that is to be set.
376At least one such string OID=[syntax:]value should be provided to
377.Nm bsnmpset
378to be able to send a request.
379.Bl -tag -width \&
380.It Cm OID
381OID may be input as a string, a string followed by a random number of integers
382(suboids) separated by dots, a sequence of integers separated by dots - that is
383if the
384.Ar n
385option is used - and in such case a syntax is required for every value,
386or a string followed by square brackets (used to denote an entry's indexes) and
387corresponding indexes.
388Any of the formats used to print a single variable by
389.Nm bsnmpset
390is valid as input OID as well:
391.Bl -tag -width \&
392.It 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1.1.0=TimeTicks:537615486
393.It sysLocation=OctetString:"@ Home" (with Fl o Ar verbose No option)
394.It sysLocation.0="@ Home"
395.It 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.6.1=OctetString:ffffffffffff
396.It ifPhysAddress.1="00:02:b3:1d:1c:a3"
397.It ifRcvAddressStatus.1.6.255.255.255.255.255.255=1
398.It "ifRcvAddressStatus[Integer:1,OctetString:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff]=Integer:1"
399(with the
400.Fl o Ar verbose
401option)
402.El
403.It Cm syntax
404where the syntax string is one of:
405Integer, OctetString, OID, IpAddress, Counter32, Gauge, TimeTicks, Counter64.
406.It Cm value
407The value to be set - IP address in form of u.u.u.u - for example
4081.3.1.6.1.2.0=IpAddress:192.168.0.1, strings require inverted-commas if they
409contain any special characters or spaces, all other numeric types do not.
410.El
411.El
412.Sh ENVIRONMENT
413.Nm ,
414.Nm bsnmpwalk
415and
416.Nm bsnmpset
417use the following environment variables:
418.Bl -tag -width SNMPAUTH
419.It Ev SNMPAUTH
420Specifies a default SNMP USM authentication protocol.
421.It Ev SNMPPRIV
422Specifies a default SNMP USM privacy protocol.
423.It Ev SNMPUSER
424Specifies a default SNMP USM user name.
425.It Ev SNMPPASSWD
426Specifies the SNMP USM plain text password to use when calculating localized
427authentication and privacy keys.
428If this variable exists in the environment,
429SNMPv3 is the default version to use for outgoing requests.
430.El
431.Sh SEE ALSO
432.Xr gensnmpdef 1
433.Sh AUTHORS
434.An Shteryana Shopova Aq Mt syrinx@FreeBSD.org
435