OSASNMPD(8)

💅 OSASNMPD(8) — like, the whole manual, bestie

okay so this is osasnmpd, living its best life in section 8 of the System Manager's Manual 🎀 — it's the IBM OSA-Express network card SNMP subagent, and yes it's exactly as niche and iconic as it sounds.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

osasnmpd [-h] [-v] [-f] [-l logfile | -L]  [-A] [-P pidfile] [-x agentx-socket]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so osasnmpd is an SNMP subagent for the net-snmp 5.1.x package. it supports the MIBs provided by an IBM OSA-Express network card. it chats with the snmpd daemon via the AgentX protocol — networking, but make it gossip 🫶

💀 important vibe check: the snmpd daemon must already be started on the same system before osasnmpd can start successfully. no snmpd, no entry, no exceptions. it's giving "you can't sit with us" energy, honestly.

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -h — prints the usage message and dips out. exit stage left, literally. 👋
• -v — prints Version information and exits. just the numbers, no small talk.
• -f — don't fork() from the calling shell. it stays right there with you, main character energy, no detaching. ✨
• -l logfile — logs all output from the subagent (including stdout/stderr) to logfile. and the default? logfile=/var/log/osasnmpd.log, periodt. 📝
• -A — append to the logfile rather than truncating it. keep the lore, don't erase the history. 🎀
• -L — prints warnings/messages to stdout/stderr. loud and proud, no hiding. 🗣️
• -P pidfile — saves the process ID of the subagent in pidfile. gotta know who's who, iykyk. 🪪
• -x agentx-socket — uses the specified socket as the AgentX connection instead of the default '/var/agentx/master'. the socket can be either a Unix domain socket path, or the address of a network interface. so:
  • if a network address of the form inet-addr:port is given, then the subagent will use the port specified. custom port, cute. 🦋
  • if a network address of the form inet-addr is given, then the subagent will use the default AgentX port, 705. slay, defaults.
  • and ngl the most important part: the agentx sockets of the snmpd daemon and osasnmpd must match. fr fr. if they don't match, nothing works. matching outfits or nothing. 👑

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

this man-page was written by Thomas Weber <tweber@de.ibm.com> and is maintained by Ursula Braun <ursula.braun@de.ibm.com>. legends only 💜

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

snmpd(1), snmp.conf(5), snmpd.conf(5) — go read those next, bestie, they're lowkey essential 🧚

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and that's the whole page, no cap 💅 — brought to you by s390-tools, dated Apr 2006, and yes the vibe is retro but the facts are forever ✨🦋💖