snmptrapd

receive SNMP TRAP messages

Syntax:

snmptrapd [-d] [-p] 

Options:

-d
Dump input and output packets.
-p
Print messages to standard output.

Description:

The snmptrapd utility receives SNMP TRAP messages sent to the snmp-trap port on the local machine. If you specify -p, snmptrapd prints messages to standard output. The messages are of the form:

Sep 17 22:39:52 suffern snmptrapd: 128.2.13.41: Cold Start
Trap (0) Uptime: 8 days, 0:35:46

You must have superuser privileges when you run snmptrapd.

See also:

snmpd, snmpget, snmpgetnext, snmpnetstat, snmpstatus, snmptest, snmptrap, snmpwalk, mib.txt file

RFC 1065, RFC 1066, RFC 1067

Marshall T. Rose, The Simple Book: An Introduction to Internet Management, 2nd ed. (Prentice-Hall, 1994, ISBN 0-13-177254-6)