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Snmpkit functions dealing with a particular snmpsession.

Chapter

November 2000

snmpsession(3) Library Functions Manual snmpsession(3)

NAME

snmpsession - snmpkit functions dealing with a particular snmpsession.

SYNOPSIS

#include <snmpkit.h> SNMPSESSION *sk_new_session(char *host, void *(start_routine)(SNMPSESSION*), const char *comm ↲ unity);

DESCRIPTION

A snmpsession is an opaque data structure which specifies a The new_snmpsession() creates a new session. The SNMPSOCK should have previously created by the application using, new_snmpsock(). The host should will be looked up using geth‐ ostbyname() and the community string is something like a password in SNMP lingo but it doesn't have a username associated with it and it is transmitted in clear text within the packets. In most cases, there are a couple of community strings. One is only allowed to read and the other is allowed to both read and write. The default read-only community name is "public". If set the community name to NULL, the community name will default to public. The new_snmpsession_quick() function is very similar to the new_snmpsession() function except the community name always defaults to "public". The delete_snmpsock() function is the opposite of the new_snmpsession() function. It frees all memory and resources currently being used by the SNMPSESSION structure.

RETURN VALUE

The new_snmpsock() and the new_snmpsock_quick() both return a pointer to the newly created snmpsock or NULL if there was an error.

AUTHOR

Ben Woodard <

@users.sourceforge.net>

BUGS

The library can possibly throw different kinds of C++ exceptions that won't be caught by the glue code and therefore it can cause your program to crash inexplicably.

This manual	Reference	Other manuals
snmpsession(3)	referred by	libsnmpkit(3) \| snmpstructfiller(3) \| snmpstructfiller_append(3)
snmpsession(3)	refer to	gethostbyname(3) \| libsnmpkit(3) \| snmpstructfiller(3)