Is there a difference of the specification regarding the traphandle directive between RHEL5 and RHEL6 ?

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Issue

  • On RHEL5, under the following setting, the specified program (date > /tmp/foo.log) will be invoked whenever the snmptrapd receives a trap with an OID starting with .1.3.6.1.4.1, such as .1.3.6.1.4.1.211.0.0.

/etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf :-

authCommunity log,execute public
traphandle .1.3.6.1.4.1 date > /tmp/foo.log

  • However, on RHEL6, only a trap with the OID matching .1.3.6.1.4.1 exactly will invoke the specified program under the same setting as the above.

  • The traphandle directive will not work as expected if snmptrapd.conf is replicatred from RHEL5 to RHEL6

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • net-snmp-5.5-41.el6

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