Unidentified OID but works when path is specified... strange

[Mathurin1968]

Ok trying to get snmp working. The path to the MIBS is set in snmp.conf. However when I do this from the command line --

snmptranslate -m +Forescout_1.txt -On scoutId

I get Unknown object identifier: scoutId

if I specify the path in the command

snmptranslate -m +/usr/share/snmp/mibs/Forescout_1.txt -On scoutId

it give me back the OID.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

 

[bnorton916]

I am not that familiar with snmptranslate but my only guess would be specifying on the command line tells it which MIB to search.

Might be better to ask this directly to the net-snmp guys.

Bill

 

[Mathurin1968]

Ok still trying to solve this

The problem is crazy.

If I enter the total path to the MIBS --
money@secden-nagios80:~$ /usr/bin/snmptranslate -m +/usr/share/snmp/mibs/ForeScout_1.mib -IR -On scoutId
.1.3.6.1.4.1.11789.4.1.1.1

but if I just enter the name and not the path it can't find it but you can see it does have the correct path that it's searching through --
money@secden-nagios80:~$ /usr/bin/snmptranslate -m +ForeScout_1.mib -IR -On scoutId
No log handling enabled - turning on stderr logging
MIB search path: /home/money/.snmp/mibs:/usr/share/mibs/site:/usr/share/snmp/mibs:/usr/share/mibs/iana:/usr/share/mibs/ietf:/usr/share/mibs/netsnmp:/usr/share/snmp/mibs
Cannot find module (ForeScout_1.mib): At line 6 in (none)
Unknown object identifier: scoutId

very frustrating!

 

[bnorton916]

Could always try strace or truss, maybe that would help??

Bill