[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Add PID file to snmpd

[Josu Lazkano]

Thanks Craig for the reply.

I don't know if I am using systemd or not. I use standar system of
Debien Stretch.

Which file need I review in my case?

Thanks for your help.

Kind regards.

2018-04-28 13:46 GMT+02:00 Craig Small <csmall at debian.org>:
> Hi Josu,
>   The init script is only used for non-systemd setups, so first you need to
> work out what you have there.  If you are not using systemd, then the snmpd
> parameters come from /etc/default/snmpd and /etc/init.d/snmpd
>
> If you are using systemd then the parameters by default come from
> /lib/systemd/system/snmpd.service  However, local changes are found in
> /etc/systemd/system/snmpd.service
>
> I would guess a local change somewhere is stopping snmpd from creating a
> pid. It uses the -p option to do so, you should see something like this in
> ps:
>   2022 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u
> Debian-snmp -g Debian-snmp -I -smux mteTrigger mteTriggerConf -f -p
> /run/snmpd.pid
>
> For example, I had an old /etc/systemd/system/snmpd.service lying around
> that stopped it for me.
>
>  - Craig
>
>
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2018 at 21:12 Josu Lazkano <josu.lazkano at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using snmpd in Debian server, it really works great.
>>
>> The problem is that there is no PID file for the service.
>>
>> In the init script is configured by default in /run/snmpd.pid, but
>> there is no file there.
>>
>> How could I configure to get the PID file in the filesystem?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Kind regards.
>>
>> --
>> Josu Lazkano
>>
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