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create snmp user
group that is also created by this command.
Syntax
create snmp user <username 32> <groupname 32> {encrypted
[by_password auth [md5 <auth_password 8-16 > | sha
<auth_password 8-20 >] priv [none | des <priv_password 8-
16> ]|by_key auth [md5 <auth_key 32-32>| sha <auth_key 40-
40>] priv [none | des <priv_key 32-32> ]]}
Description
The
create snmp user
command creates a new SNMP user and
adds the user to an SNMP group that is also created by this
command.
Parameters
<username 32> − An alphanumeric name of up to 32 characters that
will identify the new SNMP user.
<groupname 32> − An alphanumeric name of up to 32 characters
that will identify the SNMP group the new SNMP user will be
associated with.
by_password – Requires the SNMP user to enter a password for
authentication and privacy. The password is defined by specifying
the auth_password below. This method is recommended.
by_key - Requires the SNMP user to enter a encryption key for
authentication and privacy. The key is defined by specifying the
priv_password below. This method is not recommended.
Message integrity − ensures that packets have not been tampered
with during transit.
Authentication − determines if an SNMP message is from a valid
source.
Encryption − scrambles the contents of messages to prevent it being
viewed by an unauthorized source.
encrypted – Specifies that the password will be in an encrypted
format.
auth [md5|sha] – Initiate an authentication-level setting session.
md5
− Specifies that the HMAC-MD5-96 authentication level will be
used.
sha
− Specifies that the HMAC-SHA-96 authentication level will be
used.
<auth_password 8-20> − An alphanumeric sting of between 8 and
20 characters that will be used to authorize the agent to receive
packets for the host.
des <priv_password 8-16> − An alphanumeric string of between 8
and 16 characters that will be used to encrypt the contents of
messages the host sends to the agent.
Restrictions Only administrator-level users can issue this command.
Example usage: