Bug #956
closed
# cannot be used in SNMP configuration
Added by Adam Thompson about 14 years ago.
Updated about 14 years ago.
Description
Actual problem is a # character can't be used in any of the SNMP configuration fields. Original post follows.
Running 2.0-BETA4 (i386) built on Thu Oct 14 01:16:12 EDT 2010 FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p1
Oct 15 15:11:44 pfsense snmpd44594: unexpected character 0xa
Oct 15 15:11:44 pfsense snmpd44594: in file /var/etc/snmpd.conf line 25
Oct 15 15:11:44 pfsense snmpd44594: error in config file
Unsurprisingly, "bsnmpd" service always shows "stopped".
Don't know a lot about this config file's syntax, but on line 9, changing
system := 1 # pfSense
to
system := "1" # pfSense
at least allows bsnmpd to start. That fix doesn't make sense to me, but it works anyway. Deleting the comment also seems to do the trick. This might relate to the way bsnmpd parses its config file - if everything after a ":=" is copied verbatim and comments ignored...?
Hi Adam,
I just upgraded to the latest snapshot and I cannot reproduce the problem.
Can you give me the "snmpd" section of your config file (/cf/conf/config.xml) ?
Thanks,
Pierre
Just figured it out. Don't use "#" characters in any of the fields...
(I had the address set to "#200-135 Innovation Dr.", a common short way of saying "Suite 200, 135 Innovation Drive" here.)
- Subject changed from snmpd: unexpected character 0xa in file /var/etc/snmpd.conf to # cannot be used in SNMP configuration
- Category changed from Unknown to SNMP
Chris,
The man page of bsnmp deals with '#' in config file:
VARIABLE ASSIGNMENTS
Variable assignments can take one of two forms:
variable := string
variable ?= string
The string reaches from the first non-blank character after the equal
sign until the first new line or "#" character. In the first case the
string is assigned to the variable unconditionally, in the second case
the variable is only assigned if it does not exist yet.
So I suggest to replace all "#" by "_" when generating snmpd.conf. This could apply to system location, system contact, read community, and snmp trap string (ie : all strings in the screen).
Are you ok with this ?
Pierre
That's fine, though it'd be easier and fine to just throw an input validation error if any of the fields contain #
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
You are right. Fix commited in the screen.
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
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