Adding /usr/share/mibs/cisco to snmp mib search path

Question

Is there a way to add arbitrary path (e.g. /usr/share/mibs/cisco) to MIB search path?

This is in Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS.

Solution 1

Came out very simple, thanks to rstory-work at #net-snmp irc channel:

Just add the line

mibdirs +/usr/share/mibs/cisco

to /etc/snmp/snmp.conf.

Solution 2

Per the snmp_config man page you should add the line mibdirs -/usr/share/mibs/cisco to one of the paths below:

~/.snmp/snmp.conf
/usr/share/snmp/snmp.conf

Use the home directory path if you only want a single user to have access.

Comments

[Gus E]

using the +/- notation in /etc/snmp/snmp.conf will just confuse the MIB search path. See my answer below on where this can be used.