SNMP daemon crashes with error netsnmp_prefix_listen: Recieve failed. Exiting threads.

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Issue

Current version of snmpd in RHEL 5 crashes shortly after starting up with the following message:

snmpd[xxxx]: netsnmp_prefix_listen: Recieve failed. Exiting thread

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5

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