Check_ifstatus / SNMP.pm problems

[Subhendu Ghosh]

Ummm yes and no :)

NET-SNMP package includes the snmp command line utilities used by 
check_snmp and the SNMP.pm module.

check_ifstatus and friends require Net::SNMP module -which is an all perl 
snmp manager library implementation.

the names are confusing similar...  the perl modules names are actually 
different.

-sg

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Nolan Martin wrote:

> I am trying to get check_ifstatus going and am having some difficulties
> getting NET-SNMP and the Perl SNMP module configured properly.  
> 
> I have installed both NET-SNMP and the SNMP.pm, but I still receive the
> following error message, when I attempt to run the check_ifstatus
> command from the nagios libexec directory to test it:
> 
> # ./check_ifstatus -H 10.5.1.11
> Can't locate object method "session" via package "Net::SNMP" (perhaps
> you forgot to load "Net::SNMP"?) at ./check_ifstatus line 128.
> 
> As I mentioned, I installed NET-SNMP and installed the SNMP perl module
> following the instructions that accompany both of those components.  I
> also followed Subhendu Ghosh's postings from August 21st (RE:
> [Nagios-users] SNMP.pm Solution/problem) and attempted to install
> again/verify my perl module installation by installing it using the CPAN
> shell.  That attempt returns that Net::SNMP is up to date.
> 
> Obviously, I missed some step or have failed to do some configuration. 
> Any assistance would be appreciated. 
> 
> My system is Red Hat 7.3.  I am running Perl 5.6.1, although there
> appears to be an existing 5.6.0 installation as well.  I am using the
> Nagios Plugins v1.3 Beta1 plugins and the latest version of Net-SNMP
> 5.0.5 (released 10/1/2002)
> 
> Here are the steps I went through.
> 
> INSTALLED NET-SNMP
> * Downloaded and extracted Net-SNMP 5.0.5
> * ./configure
> * make
> * umask 022
> * make install
> 
> INSTALLED / VERIFIED PERL SNMP MODULE
> * From the perl subdirectory of the extracted NET-SNMP directory, ran: 
> perl Makefile.PL
> * make
> * make test
> * make install
> * Since the SNMP.pm was installed to
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux, but my understanding was that
> NET-SNMP actually looks for it under a directory named Net, I created a
> directory named Net and copied SNMP.pm to that folder as well. 
> * Executing the check_ifstatus now finds the SNMP.pm in its included
> paths, but produces the session error message
> * Tried to install again/verify the SNMP.pm installation by installing
> it through the CPAN shell:
> perl -MCPAN -e "install Net::SNMP" - That attempt returns that
> Net::SNMP is up to date.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
> 
> Nolan
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
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