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I have the following snmpd.conf file in my linux machine

rocommunity blmlom 127.0.0.1
rocommunity blmlom hty.corp
rocommunity blmlom  hty.corp
syscontact totadmin@hju.com
syslocation UNKNOWN
trapcommunity blmlom
trapsink  hty.corp blmlom

what is the meaning of sysContact in the file? What is good for ?

King David
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syscontact is a value that can be retrieved via SNMP. It may be useful to get this data via SNMP, on the other hand it may just be an information leak or a value that is going to quickly go stale.

Organizationally you have to decide if you want to use SNMP as a way of determining a contact for the host, or not.

Syscontact has no other effect.

You'd most likely see this value used where a central SNMP poller attempts to discover all devices on the network, and uses this to categorize the host or configure alerting.

Jason Martin
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