NET.CFG Options Reference

 

 

Desktop SNMP Option

 

You can define some parameters for your workstation environment in the

 

NET.CFG file (or other defined configuration file). The following table

 

explains these parameters.

 

 

Table 2-4

Desktop SNMP Option Parameters for MIB-II Support

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter

Explanation

 

 

 

 

 

 

snmpenableauthentrap

The snmpenableauthentraps parameter defaults to

 

 

 

“off.” When set to “on,” it instructs Desktop

 

 

 

SNMP to send a trap message if someone without

 

 

 

proper access tries to use SNMP to get or change

 

 

 

information that Desktop SNMP manages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

syscontact

Use the real name of the person who should be

 

 

 

contacted if your workstation needs maintenance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

syslocation

Use the physical location of your workstation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

sysname

Use your user or login name—or your

 

 

 

TCP/IP host name, if one is assigned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each of these parameters is optional and can be used in groups or separately.

 

The first parameter enables the workstation to notify a network supervisor

 

that an unauthorized user is trying to access the workstation without proper

 

authority.

 

 

 

The last three parameters define information that can be retrieved by SNMP

 

management stations or reported in SNMP traps.

 

Following is an example of a NET.CFG entry that notifies Suzanne Morley

 

that an unauthorized user is tying to access the network:

 

desktop snmp

 

 

 

sysname “Suzanne Morley x893”

 

syslocation “Building 2”

 

syscontact “suzanne@acompany.com”

 

snmpenableauthentraps on

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