NET.CFG Options Reference

Desktop SNMP Option

NOTE:Always enclose the name, location, or contact information in quotation marks.

SNMPENABLEAUTHENTRAP [on off]

Instructs the 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.

Syntax

snmpenableauthentrap [on off]

 

 

Default

off

 

 

Example

To increase security on your workstation, you would

 

enable the Desktop SNMP to send a trap message to the

 

manager by placing the following lines in your NET.CFG

 

file:

 

desktop snmp

 

snmpenableauthentrap on

 

 

SYSCONTACT “contact”

Informs the SNMP manager of your workstation’s system administrator.

Syntax

syscontact “contact”

 

 

Default

None

 

 

Example

To notify the SNMP manager that the name of your

 

workstation’s system administrator is “Bob Jones” at

 

“x324,” you would place the following lines in your

 

NET.CFG file:

 

desktop snmp

 

syscontact “Bob Jones x324”

 

 

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