snmpd does not start up on RHEL5.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Executing "service" command with "start" option outputs "OK", but snmpd proccess does not exist. 
# service snmpd start
Starting snmpd:                                            [  OK  ]

# ps aux | grep snmp
root      3545  0.0  0.0    440   132 pts/1    R+   11:14   0:00 grep snmp
  • After that executing, "service" command with "status" option outputs the following message, and "stop" option outputs "FAILED." 
# service snmpd status
snmpd dead but subsys locked

# service snmpd stop
Stopping snmpd:                                            [FAILED]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • net-snmp

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