snmpsession(3)

📦 version 0.9, in ubuntu jammy

💖 snmpsession — the tea on snmpkit's session vibes 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual for snmpsession, and it's literally the whole lore on how snmpkit handles one (1) particular snmpsession. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

snmpsession — snmpkit functions dealing with a particular snmpsession. that's the whole vibe. that's the assignment. periodt 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <snmpkit.h>
SNMPSESSION *sk_new_session(char *host, void *(start_routine)(SNMPSESSION*), const char *community);

like, that's the one function signature sitting right there in the synopsis. copy it exactly, bestie, character for character, no autocorrect energy 🙈

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

A snmpsession is an opaque data structure which specifies a

no literally that's where the sentence ends. it just says "which specifies a" and then ✨ nothing ✨. the manpage said what it said, we're not filling in blanks, we're not guessing, we're respecting the text. iconic honestly 💀

🎀 the functions 🎀

The new_snmpsession() creates a new session. the SNMPSOCK should have previously been created by the application using, new_snmpsock(). the host should will be looked up using gethostbyname() — yes it says "should will", we're keeping it, no cap — and the community string is something like a password in SNMP lingo, but plot twist: it doesn't have a username associated with it, and it is transmitted in clear text within the packets. 😭 that's not a vibe, that's just how it is. in most cases, there are a couple of community strings. one is only allowed to read and the other is allowed to both read and write. the default read-only community name is "public". if you set the community name to NULL, the community name will default to public. so like, NULL is not a crisis, it's just public in disguise 💜

The new_snmpsession_quick() function is very similar to the new_snmpsession() function except the community name always defaults to "public". lowkey the low-effort option and honestly? valid. 🔥

The delete_snmpsock() function is the opposite of the new_snmpsession() function. it frees all memory and resources currently being used by the SNMPSESSION structure. clean up after yourself, main character behavior only 👑

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

The new_snmpsock() and the new_snmpsock_quick() both return a pointer to the newly created snmpsock or NULL if there was an error. so like — pointer = slay, NULL = something went wrong, go check yourself before you wreck yourself 🫶

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Ben Woodard <ben@users.sourceforge.net> — thank you for your service, king 💖

💀 BUGS 💀

The library can possibly throw different kinds of C++ exceptions that won't be caught by the glue code and therefore it can cause your program to crash inexplicably.

bestie. INEXPLICABLY. that's the warning. it's not a metaphor, your program can just ✨ perish ✨ with no explanation and nobody will know why. protect your peace (and your process) 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read those next, bestie, it's giving required reading 📚✨

and that's the page!! this whole thing is from GNU snmpkit 0.4, dated November 2000 — yes, the year 2000, the manpage is older than most of us and it still ate 🎀 so like, mwah, thank you for coming to my TED talk, drink water, free() your memory, bye bestie 🦋💅💜

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