[Planetlab-users] Running SNMP daemon

[Neil Spring]

On Dec 10, 2007, at 12:55 PM, pvalles at nmg.upc.edu wrote:

> When I run SNMP daemon, it stops immediately.
> This is the content in the log file:
> error scanning interface data (expected 10, got 0)
> /var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf: line 44: Warning: Unknown token: ifXTable.
> /var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf: line 45: Warning: Unknown token: ifXTable.
> /var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf: line 46: Warning: Unknown token: ifXTable.
> /var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf: line 47: Warning: Unknown token: ifXTable.
> [init_smux] bind failed: Permission denied
> Error opening specified endpoint "udp:161"
> Server Exiting with code 1
>
> Do you know how can I fix it?

It seems your snmp daemon would like to bind port 161, which is  
privileged and not available for users without special configuration,  
if at all.    Not knowing snmp or your experiment, what are the  
chances of configuring your daemon to run on another port?

-neil