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Chapter 10

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10.2.10 How to Add an SNMP User

About SNMP Users

SNMP Users allow you to determine which MIBs a specific user is allowed to view
or change. This is done by adding a user to a user group. This user group
determines the user’s access to the MIBs.

Limiting MIB Access

You can limit the MIBs visible within a defined Read-Only (RO) or Read/Write (RW)
Community. To do so, you need to do the following:

Define the view with the MIBs you want visible

Define a group to determine the read/write/notify access

Define a user and add the user to the group, giving that user access to that
view

Users and Communities

The use of

Users, Views and Groups

is defined in SNMPv3. SNMP v1 and SNMPv2

however, use

communities

. In SNMPv1, “users” are represented as communities.

Therefore, they are not visible with the

:snmp user list

command. However,

you can still view them using the

:snmp securitytogroup list

command.

SNMP User Groups

There are 7 pre-defined user groups available for SNMP. These levels exist in the
MLP structure. However, since SNMP does not need this many groups, some of
them have the same default access rights. Below is an overview:

Group

Description

User

This group has read access to the following subtrees:

1.3.6.1.2.1.1 System

1.3.6.1.2.1.11 SNMP

1.3.6.1.6.3.10.2.1 SNMP Engine

1.3.6.1.6.3.11.2.1 SNMP MD Stats

1.3.6.1.6.3.15.1.1 Stats

This group has no CLI access.