net-snmp-create-v3-user1
Create a snmpv3 user in net-snmp configuration file
Usage
net-snmp-create-v3-user [-ro]
[-A
authpass]
[{-a
MD5 | SHA | SHA-512 | SHA-384 | SHA-256 | SHA-224}]
[-X
privpass]
[{-x
DES | AES | AES128}]
[username]
Overview
The net-snmp-create-v3-user shell script is designed to create a new user in the net-snmp configuration file (/var/net-snmp/snmpd.conf by default).
Options
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--version -
displays the net-snmp version number
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-ro -
create a user with read-only permissions
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-A authpass -
specify authentication password
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-a MD5|SHA|SHA-512|SHA-384|SHA-256|SHA-224 -
specify authentication algorithm
-
-X privpass -
specify encryption password
-
-x DES|AES|AES128 -
specify encryption algorithm
Releases
7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 5 times.
-A since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.