SNMPget and quotes

[Ben Tshin]

I'm using ucd-snmp 4.2.5 and I'm performing snmpget on a MIB. However, when
output the result has quotations around it. I tried the exact same command
in 4.2.3 and the output did NOT have quotations around it. I'm using snmpget
in part of a script and the script REQUIRES that the output not have
quotations, so how can i get around this problem.

Ben

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[tony bourke]

Hi Ben,

What kind of script are you using?

Tony

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[Ben Tshin]

It's a simple shell script that runs a snmpget. The problem is that the
value of extTable.extNames comes out with quotation marks around it. But I
only want the extName result, not the quotation marks because when I put the
result into a variable the quotation marks are in the variable as well.

Ben

[tony bourke]

Hi Ben,

If you can make it into a perl script, you could do this:

$value =~ s/\"//g;

This would remove all the quotation marks.

[Ben Tshin]

My script works fine for 4.2.3 so I don't want to totally revamp the script
for 4.2.5. Alternatively, I might just use 4.2.3 instead of 4.2.5.

Ben

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[Robert Story]

On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:42:37 -0400 "Ben Tshin" <b...@foundmoney.com> wrote:
BT> I'm using ucd-snmp 4.2.5 and I'm performing snmpget on a MIB. However, when
BT> output the result has quotations around it. I tried the exact same command
BT> in 4.2.3 and the output did NOT have quotations around it. I'm using
BT> snmpget in part of a script and the script REQUIRES that the output not
BT> have quotations, so how can i get around this problem.

Have you tried the various -O options? See the snmpcmd man page for options,
and see if one of them does the trick.

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[Ben Tshin]

I've tried everything with 4.2.5 and it doesn't work.
With 4.2.3 I just use: VAR=`snmpget -Ov localhost public
1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.8.1.2.1 (extTable.extNames.1)`
and then echo $VAR gives:
192.168.0.1

but with 4.2.5 i get:
"192.168.0.1"

and I can't use the quotes.

Ben

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[Ben Tshin]

So I've given up on ucd-snmp 4.2.5 and I'm building 4.2.3.

Is there any way to get all the settings and file directories like it is in
redhat 6.2? basically I want it to be identical to the RHL6.2 update RPM
except for the lack of openssl. (ie: install the files into /usr/bin instead
of /usr/local/bin)

If it's too hard then I'll just create links into /usr/bin and /usr/sbin for
the executables

Ben

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Subject: Re: SNMPget and quotes

> On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:42:37 -0400 "Ben Tshin" <b...@foundmoney.com> wrote:
> BT> I'm using ucd-snmp 4.2.5 and I'm performing snmpget on a MIB. However,
when
> BT> output the result has quotations around it. I tried the exact same
command
> BT> in 4.2.3 and the output did NOT have quotations around it. I'm using
> BT> snmpget in part of a script and the script REQUIRES that the output
not
> BT> have quotations, so how can i get around this problem.
>
> Have you tried the various -O options? See the snmpcmd man page for
options,
> and see if one of them does the trick.
>
> --
> Robert Story, NET-SNMP Junkie
> <irc://irc.openprojects.net/#net-snmp> <http://www.net-snmp.org/>
>
> You are lost in a twisty maze of little standards, all different.

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[Robert Story]

On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 17:41:03 -0400 "Ben Tshin" <b...@foundmoney.com> wrote:
BT> Is there any way to get all the settings and file directories like it is in
BT> redhat 6.2? basically I want it to be identical to the RHL6.2 update RPM
BT> except for the lack of openssl. (ie: install the files into /usr/bin
BT> instead of /usr/local/bin)

I believe "configure --prefix=/usr" should do the trick...

[Dave Shield]

> I've tried everything with 4.2.5 and it doesn't work.
> With 4.2.3 I just use: VAR=`snmpget -Ov localhost public
> 1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.8.1.2.1 (extTable.extNames.1)`
> and then echo $VAR gives:
> 192.168.0.1
>
> but with 4.2.5 i get:
> "192.168.0.1"

Hmmm.... I've just tried this with the 4.2.3, 4.2.5 and 5.0.1 agents,
and I don't see the quotes round the name in any of these three cases.

One thought springs to mind.
I note that the output of the 'name' common is a numeric-looking string.
How have you got this set up in the snmpd.conf file?

If I try something like:

exec 192.128.0.1 /some/command with args

the agent tries to interpet this field as the root OID of the MIB subtree
to use for the output (instead of the default 1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.8.1.2)
I need to put this string in quotes to get it interpreted correctly.

But even then, the output I get back doesn't have these quotes.

What happens if you try with an alphabetic name, instead of an IP address
string?

Dave