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diff --git a/net-mgmt/net-snmp/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/net-snmp/pkg-descr index e4aa3d1382a3..d7c5d86a1b58 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/net-snmp/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/net-snmp/pkg-descr @@ -1,18 +1,12 @@ This is UCD SNMP, a derivative of CMU's SNMP package. -From the README: +Various tools relating to the Simple Network Management Protocol including: -This package contains a port and modified code of the CMU 2.1.2.1 -snmp agent. It has been modified to allow extensibility quickly -and easily. It is far from the best and most configurable systems; -but hey: its free. - -We use this agent here to monitor known system problems before they -take the machine over. The agent can be easily configured to -monitor the number of a given process running, run external scripts -to check and report functional status. Examples: mountd(s) under -Ultrix 4.3 which tend to fork themselves crazy and eventually fill -up the process table; On our hp700s, "amd" sometimes stops working, -HP VUE hangs and fails to start X, etc. + An extensible agent + An SNMP library + tools to request or set information from SNMP agents + tools to generate and handle SNMP traps + a version of the unix 'netstat' command using SNMP + a Tk/perl mib browser -WWW: http://ucd-snmp.ucdavis.edu/ +WWW: http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/ |