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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 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 ether SMNP 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 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
122response 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 useful 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
183.Fl c
184option to
185.Xr gensnmpdef 1 .
186.It Cm path=filedir
187The directory where files in the list will be searched.
188The default is
189.Pa /usr/share/snmp/defs Ns .
190.It Cm file=filelist
191A comma separated list of files to which the two options above will apply.
192.El
193.Pp
194The file suboption has to come after the other suboptions so that their
195non-default values will be applied to the list of files.
196The order of the other suboptions before each file suboption can be random.
197Suboptions may be separated either by commas or by spaces.
198If using spaces make sure the entire option string is one argument, for
199example using quotes.
200.It Fl i Ar filelist
201List of MIB description files produced by
202.Xr gensnmpdef 1 which
203.Nm bsnmpget ,
204.Nm bsnmpwalk
205or
206.Nm bsnmpset
207will search to translate numerical OIDs to their symbolic object names.
208Multiple files can be provided either giving this option multiple times
209or a comma separated list of file names.
210If a filename begins with a letter the default directory,
211/usr/share/snmp/defs,
212will be searched.
213.It Fl K
214Calculate and display the localized authentication and privacy keys
215corresponding to a plain text password. The password is obtain via the
216environment. Additionally, if one or more OIDs are specified, the calculated
217keys are used when processing the SNMPv3 requests.
218.It Fl l Ar filename
219The path of the posix local (unix domain) socket if local
220transport is used.
221.It Fl M Ar max-repetitions
222The value for the max-repetitions field in a GetBulk PDU.
223Default is 10.
224.It Fl N Ar non-repeaters
225The value for the non-repeaters field in a GetBulk PDU.
226Default is 0.
227.It Fl n
228Only use numerical representations for input and output OIDs and do not
229try to resolve symbolic object names.
230Note that
231.Nm bsnmpget ,
232.Nm bsnmpwalk
233and
234.Nm bsnmpset
235will print numerical OIDs anyway if the corresponding string representation
236is not found in the MIB description files.
237.It Fl o Ar [quiet|short|verbose]
238The format used to print the received response.
239Quiet only prints values, short (default) prints an abbreviated OID
240representation and the value.
241In addition to the short output verbose prints the type before the value.
242.It Fl P Ar options
243Privacy options to use with SNMPv3 PDUs
244.Bl -tag -width \&
245.It Cm proto=[aes|des]
246The protocol to use when encypting/decrypting SNMPv3 PDU data.
247.It Cm key=privkey
248A binary localized privacy key to use when encypting/decrypting SNMPv3 PDU data.
249.El
250.Pp
251By default plain text SNMPv3 PDUs are sent.
252.It Fl p Ar [get|getnext|getbulk]
253The PDU type to send by
254.Nm bsmpget
255and
256.Nm bsnmpwalk .
257Default is get
258for
259.Nm bsmpget
260and getnext for
261.Nm bsnmpwalk .
262Getbulk allows executing the so called SNMP "bulkwalks" allowing the values of
263multiple columns to be retrived in a single PDU by
264.Nm bsnmpwalk .
265.It Fl r Ar retries
266Number of resends of request packets before giving up if the agent does
267not respond after the first try.
268Default is 3.
269.It Fl s Ar [trans::] Ns Ar [community@] Ns Ar [server] Ns Ar [:port]
270Each of the server specification components is optional but at least one
271has to be provided if
272.Ar s
273option is used.
274The server specification is constructed in the following manner:
275.Bl -tag -width \&
276.It Cm trans::
277Transport type may be one of udp, stream or dgram.
278If this option is not provided an udp inet/inet6 socket will be used, which
279is the most common.
280Stream stands for a posix local stream socket and a posix local datagram
281socket will be used if dgram is specified.
282.It Cm community@
283Specify an SNMP community string to be used when sending packets.
284If the option is skipped the default "public" will be used for
285.Nm
286and
287.Nm bsnmpwalk
288and the default "private" community string will be used for
289.Nm bsnmpset .
290.It Cm server
291This might be either the IP address or the hostname where the agent is
292listening.
293The default is
294.Qq localhost .
295.It Cm port
296The destination port to send the requests to.
297This is useful if the SNMP agent listens on a non-default port.
298Default is given by the
299.Qq snmp
300entry in
301.Pa /etc/services ,
302port 161.
303.El
304.It Fl t Ar timeout
305Number of seconds before resending a request packet if the agent does
306not respond.
307The default value is 3 seconds.
308.It Fl U Ar options
309User credentials when sending SNMPv3 PDUs.
310.Bl -tag -width \&
311.It Cm engine=id
312The Engine ID of the SNMP agent represented as a binary octet string.
313.It Cm engine-boots=value
314The value of the snmpEngineBoots of the SNMP agent.
315.It Cm engine-time=value
316The value of the snmpEngineTime of the SNMP agent.
317.Pp
318If any of the above is not specified, SNMP USM Engine Discovery is attempted.
319This is also the default behavior.
320.It Cm name=username
321The USM user name to include in the SNMPv3 PDUs. By default, the user name is
322obtain via the environment
323.El
324.It Fl v Ar version
325The SNMP protocol version to use when sending requests. SNMP versions 1, 2 and
3263 are supported.
327If no version option is provided
328.Nm bsnmpget ,
329.Nm bsnmpwalk
330and
331.Nm bsnmpset
332will use version 2.
333Note that GetBulkRequest-PDUs were introduced in SNMPv2 thus setting the
334version to 1 is incompatiable with sending a GetBulk PDU.
335.It OID
336The object identifier whose value to retrive.
337At least one OID should be provided for
338.Nm bsnmpget
339to be able to send a request.
340.Pp
341For
342.Nm bsnmpwalk
343this is the root object identifier of the subtree whose values are to be
344retrived.
345If no OID is provided
346.Nm bsnmpwalk
347will walk the mib2 subtree rooted
348at .iso(1).org(3).dod(6).internet(1).mgmt(2).mib2(1) .
349.Pp
350Any of the formats used to print a single variable
351is valid as input OID:
352.Bl -tag -width \&
353.It 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1.1.0
354.It sysDescr
355.It ifPhysAddress.1
356.It ifRcvAddressStatus.2.6.255.255.255.255.255.255
357.It ifRcvAddressType[2,ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff]
358.It ifRcvAddressStatus[Integer:1,OctetString:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff]
359(requires
360.Fl o Ar verbose
361option)
362.El
363.Pp
364Square brackets are used to denote an entry's indexes.
365When used in an input OID, the square brackets may have to be
366escaped or the OID has to be quoted to protect it from the shell.
367Note there is no difference between ifName.1 and "ifName[1]".
368.It OID Ns = Ns Ar [syntax Ns :] Ns Ar value
369The object identifier with its syntax type and value that is to be set.
370At least one such string OID=[syntax:]value should be provided to
371.Nm bsnmpset
372to be able to send a request.
373.Bl -tag -width \&
374.It Cm OID
375OID may be input as a string, a string followed by a random number of integers
376(suboids) separated by dots, a sequence of integers separated by dots - that is
377if
378.Ar n
379options is used - and in such case a syntax is required for every value,
380or a string followed by square brackets (used to denote an entry's indexes) and
381corresponding indexes.
382Any of formats used to print a single variable by
383.Nm bsnmpset is
384valid for inpit OID as well:
385.Bl -tag -width \&
386.It 1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1.1.0=TimeTicks:537615486
387.It sysLocation=OctetString:"@ Home" (with Fl o Ar verbose No option)
388.It sysLocation.0="@ Home"
389.It 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.6.1=OctetString:ffffffffffff
390.It ifPhysAddress.1="00:02:b3:1d:1c:a3"
391.It ifRcvAddressStatus.1.6.255.255.255.255.255.255=1
392.It "ifRcvAddressStatus[Integer:1,OctetString:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff]=Integer:1"
393(with
394.Fl o Ar verbose
395option)
396.El
397.It Cm syntax
398where syntax string is one of:
399Integer, OctetString, OID, IpAddress, Counter32, Gauge, TimeTicks, Counter64.
400.It Cm value
401The value to be set - IP address in form of u.u.u.u - for example
4021.3.1.6.1.2.0=IpAddress:192.168.0.1, strings require inverted-commas if they
403contain any special characters or spaces, all other numeric types don't.
404.El
405.El
406.Sh ENVIRONMENT
407.Nm ,
408.Nm bsnmpwalk
409and
410.Nm bsnmpset
411use the following environment variables:
412.Bl -tag -width SNMPAUTH
413.It Ev SNMPAUTH
414Specifies a default SNMP USM authentication protocol.
415.It Ev SNMPPRIV
416Specifies a default SNMP USM privacy protocol.
417.It Ev SNMPUSER
418Specifies a default SNMP USM user name.
419.It Ev SNMPPASSWD
420Specifies the SNMP USM plain text password to use when calculating localized
421authentication and privacy keys. If this variable exists in the environment,
422SMNPv3 is the default version to use for outgoing requests.
423.El
424.Sh SEE ALSO
425.Xr gensnmpdef 1
426.Sh AUTHORS
427.An Shteryana Shopova Aq syrinx@FreeBSD.org
428