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36.Dd September 17, 2007
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 Managment Protocol (SNMP) agent.
106.Pp
107Depending on the options
108.Nm bsnmpget
109constructs either a SMNP GetRequest, GetNextRequest
110or a GetBulkRequest packet, fills in the object identifiers (OIDs) of the
111objects whose values will be retrived, waits for a response and prints it if
112received successfully.
113.Pp
114.Nm Bsnmpwalk
115queries an agent with SMNP GetNextRequest 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 SMNP SetRequest packet, fills in the OIDs (object identifiers),
121syntaxes and values of the objects whose values are to be set and waits for a
122responce from server.
123.Sh OPTIONS
124.Pp
125The options are as follows (not all apply to all three programs):
126.Bl -tag -width ".It Fl D Ar options"
127.It Fl A Ar options
128Authentication options to use with SNMPv3 PDUs
129.Bl -tag -width
130.It Cm proto=[md5|sha]
131The protocol to use when calculating the PDU message digest.
132.It Cm key=authkey
133A binary localized authentication key to use when calculating the PDU message
134digest.
135.El
136.Pp
137By default SNMPv3 PDUs are sent unauthenticated.
138.It Fl a
139Skip any sanity checks when adding OIDs to a Protocol Data Unit (PDU):
140ingore syntax/access type, allow adding of non-leaf objects for GetPdu and
141read-only objects to a SetPDU.
142.It Fl b Ar buffersize
143Tune the size of buffers used to send and receive packets.
144The default size is 10000 bytes which should be enough unless an agent sends
145a really large octetstring.
146The maximum allowed length is 65535 according to the Structure of Management
147Information (SMIv2).
148.It Fl C Ar options
149The context to query with SNMPv3 PDUs.
150.Bl -tag -width
151.It Cm context=name
152The context name. Default 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. By default, this is set to the Engine ID of the SNMP agent.
156.El
157.It Fl D
158Perform SNMP USM Engine Discovery, rather than sending a request for the value
159of a specific object.
160.It Fl d
161Turn on debugging.
162This option will cause the packets sent and received to be dumped to the
163terminal.
164.It Fl e
165Retry on error.
166If an error is returned in the response PDU, resend the request removing the
167variable that caused the error until a valid response is received.
168This is only usefull for a GetRequest- and a GetNextRequest-PDU.
169.It Fl h
170Print a short help text with default values for various options.
171.It Fl I Ar options
172Load each MIB description file from the given list to translate symbolic
173object names to their numerical representation and vice versa.
174Use the other options to obtain a non-default behaviour:
175.Bl -tag -width
176.It Cm cut=OID
177Specifies the initial OID that was cut by
178.Xr gensnmpdef 1
179when producing the MIB description file.
180The default value is .iso(1).org(3).dod(6) which is what should have been
181used for all the files installed under /usr/share/snmp/defs/ .
182Use this only if you generated your own files, providing a '-c' option to
183.Xr gensnmpdef 1 .
184.It Cm path=filedir
185The directory where files in the list will be searched.
186The default is
187.Pa /usr/share/snmp/defs/ .
188.It Cm file=filelist
189A comma separated list of files to which the two options above will apply.
190.El
191.Pp
192The file suboption has to come after the other suboptions so that their
193non-default values will be applied to the list of files.
194The order of the other suboptions before each file suboption can be random.
195Suboptions may be separated either by commas or by spaces.
196If using spaces make sure the entire option string is one argument, for
197example using quotes.
198.It Fl i Ar filelist
199List of MIB description files produced by
200.Xr gensnmpdef 1 which
201.Nm bsnmpget ,
202.Nm bsnmpwalk
203or
204.Nm bsnmpset
205will search to translate numerical OIDs to their symbolic object names.
206Multiple files can be provided either giving this option multiple times
207or a comma separated list of file names.
208If a filename begins with a letter the default directory,
209/usr/share/snmp/defs/ ,
210will be searched.
211.It Fl K
212Calculate and display the localized authentication and privacy keys
213corresponding to a plain text password. The password is obtain via the
214environment. Additionally, if one or more OIDs are specified, the calculated
215keys are used when processing the SNMPv3 requests.
216.It Fl l Ar filename
217The path of the posix local (unix domain) socket if local
218transport is used.
219.It Fl M Ar max-repetitions
220The value for the max-repetitions field in a GetBulk PDU.
221Default is 1.
222.It Fl N Ar non-repeaters
223The value for the non-repeaters field in a GetBulk PDU.
224Default is 0.
225.It Fl n
226Only use numerical representations for input and output OIDs and do not
227try to resolve symbolic object names.
228Note that
229.Nm bsnmpget ,
230.Nm bsnmpwalk
231and
232.Nm bsnmpset
233will print numerical OIDs anyway if the corresponding string representation
234is not found in the MIB description files.
235.It Fl o Ar [quiet|short|verbose]
236The format used to print the received response.
237Quiet only prints values, short (default) prints an abbreviated OID
238representation and the value.
239In addition to the short output verbose prints the type before the value.
240.It Fl P Ar options
241Privacy options to use with SNMPv3 PDUs
242.Bl -tag -width
243.It Cm proto=[aes|des]
244The protocol to use when encypting/decrypting SNMPv3 PDU data.
245.It Cm key=privkey
246A binary localized privacy key to use when encypting/decrypting SNMPv3 PDU data.
247.El
248.Pp
249By default plain text SNMPv3 PDUs are sent.
250.It Fl p Ar [get|getnext|getbulk]
251The PDU type to send by
252.Nm bsmpget .
253Default is get.
254.It Fl r Ar retries
255Number of resends of request packets before giving up if the agent does
256not respond after the first try.
257Default is 3.
258.It Fl s Ar [trans::] Ns Ar [community@] Ns Ar [server] Ns Ar [:port]
259Each of the server specification components is optional but at least one
260has to be provided if '-s' option is used.
261The server specification is constructed in the following manner:
262.Bl -tag -width
263.It Cm trans::
264Transport type may be one of udp, stream or dgram.
265If this option is not provided an udp inet/inet6 socket will be used, which
266is the most common.
267Stream stands for a posix local stream socket and a posix local datagram
268socket will be used if dgram is specified.
269.It Cm community@
270Specify an SNMP community string to be used when sending packets.
271If the option is skipped the default "public" will be used for
272.Nm
273and
274.Nm bsnmpwalk
275and the default "private" community string will be used for
276.Nm bsnmpset .
277.It Cm server
278This might be either the IP address or the hostname where the agent is
279listening.
280The default is 'localhost'.
281.It Cm port
282The destination port to send the requests to.
283This is useful if the SNMP agent listens on a non-default port.
284Default is given by the 'snmp' entry in /etc/services, port 161.
285.El
286.It Fl t Ar timeout
287Number of seconds before resending a request packet if the agent does
288not respond.
289The default value is 3 seconds.
290.It Fl U Ar options
291User credentials when sending SNMPv3 PDUs.
292.Bl -tag -width
293.It Cm engine=id
294The Engine ID of the SNMP agent represented as a binary octet string.
295.It Cm engine-boots=value
296The value of the snmpEngineBoots of the SNMP agent.
297.It Cm engine-time=value
298The value of the snmpEngineTime of the SNMP agent.
299.Pp
300If any of the above is not specified, SNMP USM Engine Discovery is attempted.
301This is also the default behavior.
302.It Cm name=username
303The USM user name to include in the SNMPv3 PDUs. By default, the user name is
304obtain via the environment
305.El
306.It Fl v Ar version
307The SNMP protocol version to use when sending requests. SNMP versions 1, 2 and
3083 are supported.
309If no version option is provided
310.Nm bsnmpget ,
311.Nm bsnmpwalk
312and
313.Nm bsnmpset
314will use version 2.
315Note that GetBulkRequest-PDUs were introduced in SNMPv2 thus setting the
316version to 1 is incompatiable with sending a GetBulk PDU.
317.It OID
318The object identifier whose value to retrive.
319At least one OID should be provided for
320.Nm bsnmpget
321to be able to send a request.
322.Pp
323For
324.Nm bsnmpwalk
325this is the root object identifier of the subtree whose values are to be
326retrived.
327If no OID is provided
328.Nm bsnmpwalk
329will walk the mib2 subtree rooted
330at .iso(1).org(3).dod(6).internet(1).mgmt(2).mib2(1) .
331.Pp
332Any of the formats used to print a single variable
333is valid as input OID:
334.Bl -tag -width
335.It 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1.1.0
336.It sysDescr
337.It ifPhysAddress.1
338.It ifRcvAddressStatus.2.6.255.255.255.255.255.255
339.It ifRcvAddressType[2,ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff]
340.It ifRcvAddressStatus[Integer:1,OctetString:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff]
341(requires '-o verbose' option)
342.El
343.Pp
344Square brackets are used to denote an entry's indexes.
345When used in an input OID, the square brackets may have to be
346escaped or the OID has to be quoted to protect it from the shell.
347Note there is no difference between ifName.1 and "ifName[1]".
348.It OID Ns = Ns Ar [syntax Ns :] Ns Ar value
349The object identifier with its syntax type and value that is to be set.
350At least one such string OID=[syntax:]value should be provided to
351.Nm bsnmpset
352to be able to send a request.
353.Bl -tag -width
354.It Cm OID
355OID may be input as a string, a string followed by a random number of integers
356(suboids) separated by dots, a sequence of integers separated by dots - that is
357if '-n' options is used - and in such case a syntax is required for every value,
358or a string followed by square brackets (used to denote an entry's indexes) and
359corresponding indexes.
360Any of formats used to print a single variable by
361.Nm bsnmpset is
362valid for inpit OID as well:
363.Bl -tag -width
364.It 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1.1.0=TimeTicks:537615486
365.It sysLocation=OctetString:"@ Home" (with '-o verbose' option)
366.It sysLocation.0="@ Home"
367.It 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.6.1=OctetString:ffffffffffff
368.It ifPhysAddress.1="00:02:b3:1d:1c:a3"
369.It ifRcvAddressStatus.1.6.255.255.255.255.255.255=1
370.It "ifRcvAddressStatus[Integer:1,OctetString:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff]=Integer:1"
371(with '-o verbose' option)
372.El
373.It Cm syntax
374where syntax string is one of :
375Integer, OctetString, OID, IpAddress, Counter32, Gauge, TimeTicks, Counter64.
376.It Cm value
377The value to be set - IP address in form of u.u.u.u  - for example
3781.3.1.6.1.2.0=IpAddress:192.168.0.1, strings require inverted-commas if they
379contain any special characters or spaces, all other numeric types don't.
380.El
381.Sh ENVIRONMENT
382.Nm ,
383.Nm bsnmpwalk
384and
385.Nm bsnmpset
386use the following environment variables:
387.Bl -tag -width SNMPAUTH
388.It Ev SNMPAUTH
389Specifies a default SNMP USM authentication protocol.
390.It Ev SNMPPRIV
391Specifies a default SNMP USM privacy protocol.
392.It Ev SNMPUSER
393Specifies a default SNMP USM user name.
394.It Ev SNMPPASSWD
395Specifies the SNMP USM plain text password to use when calculating localized
396authentication and privacy keys. If this variable exists in the environment,
397SMNPv3 is the default version to use for outgoing requests.
398.Sh SEE ALSO
399.Xr gensnmpdef 1
400.Sh AUTHORS
401.An Shteryana Shopova Aq syrinx@FreeBSD.org
402