**** This port installs snmp daemon, header files and libraries but don't invokes snmpd by default. If you want to invoke snmpd and/or snmptrapd at startup, put these lines into /etc/rc.conf. snmpd_enable="YES" snmpd_flags="-a -p /var/run/snmpd.pid" snmptrapd_enable="YES" snmptrapd_flags="-a -p /var/run/snmptrapd.pid" **** You may specify the following make variables: NET_SNMP_SYS_CONTACT="kuriyama@FreeBSD.org" NET_SNMP_SYS_LOCATION="Tokyo, Japan" DEFAULT_SNMP_VERSION=3 NET_SNMP_MIB_MODULES="host smux mibII/mta_sendmail ucd-snmp/diskio" NET_SNMP_LOGFILE=/var/log/snmpd.log NET_SNMP_PERSISTENTDIR=/var/net-snmp to define default values (or overwriting defaults). At least setting first two variables, you will not be prompted during configuration process. You may also set BATCH="yes" to avoid interactive configuration.