net-snmp 5.7.2-24 : unable to handle double byte characters like UTF-8
Issue
- snmptrapd (net-snmp 5.7.2-24) on RHEL 7 is unable to handle double byte characters like UTF-8.
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Though it can handle single byte characters (US-ASCII characters) properly, UTF-8 and ShiftJIS characters are displays as "........."
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Strings for the test: test
Jul 6 16:35:29 rhel70 127.0.0.1 daemon.info: snmptrapd[31755]:: 2016-07-06 16:35:29 localhost [UDP: [127.0.0.1]:45264->[127.0.0.1]:162]:#012DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (232134575) 26 days, 20:49:05.75#011SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0 = OID: NET-SNMP-EXAMPLES-MIB::netSnmpExampleString#011NET-SNMP-EXAMPLES-MIB::netSnmpExampleString = STRING: test
- Strings for the test: データ (UTF-8)
Jul 6 16:35:33 rhel70 127.0.0.1 daemon.info: snmptrapd[31755]:: 2016-07-06 16:35:33 localhost [UDP: [127.0.0.1]:54137->[127.0.0.1]:162]:#012DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (232134919) 26 days, 20:49:09.19#011SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0 = OID: NET-SNMP-EXAMPLES-MIB::netSnmpExampleString#011NET-SNMP-EXAMPLES-MIB::netSnmpExampleString = STRING: .........
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- net-snmp 5.7.2-24
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