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create snmp user
| Encryption − Scrambles the contents of messages to prevent it from | |
| being viewed by an unauthorized source. | |
Parameters | <username 32> − An alphanumeric name of up to 32 characters | |
| that will identify the new SNMP user. | |
| <groupname 32> − An alphanumeric name of up to 32 characters | |
| that will identify the SNMP group with which the new SNMP user | |
| will be associated. | |
| encrypted – Allows the user to choose a type of authorization for | |
| authentication using SNMP. The user may choose: | |
| • | by_password – Requires the SNMP user to enter a |
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| password for authentication and privacy. The password is |
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| defined by specifying the auth_password below. This |
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| method is recommended. |
| • | by_key – Requires the SNMP user to enter a encryption |
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| key for authentication and privacy. The key is defined by |
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| specifying the key in hex form below. This method is not |
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| recommended. |
| auth - The user may also choose the type of authentication | |
| algorithms used to authenticate the snmp user. The choices are: | |
| • | md5 − Specifies that the |
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| level will be used. md5 may be utilized by entering one of |
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| the following: |
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| <auth password |
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| between 8 and 16 characters that will be used to |
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| authorize the agent to receive packets for the host. |
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| <auth_key |
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| exactly 32 characters, in hex form, to define the key that |
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| will be used to authorize the agent to receive packets for |
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| the host. |
| • | sha − Specifies that the |
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| level will be used. |
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| <auth password |
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| between 8 and 20 characters that will be used to |
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| authorize the agent to receive packets for the host. |
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| <auth_key |
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| exactly 40 characters, in hex form, to define the key that |
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| will be used to authorize the agent to receive packets for |
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| the host. |
| priv – Adding the priv (privacy) parameter will allow for encryption in | |
| addition to the authentication algorithm for higher security. The user | |
| may choose: | |
| • | des – Adding this parameter will allow for a |
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| encryption to be added using the |
<priv_password
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