snmptrapfmthdlr(8)

snmptrapfmthdlr8

Trap handler for receiving snmp traps

Usage

snmptrapfmthdlr

Overview

Snmptrapfmthdlr is an application that receives SNMP traps from snmptrapd as a trap handler. The trap data is then forwarded to a local pipe from which a formatting application picks it up and does further processing. The formatting application is snmptrapfmt.

Files

/etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf is the configuration file of the snmptrapd daemon, which calls the trap handler snmptrapfmthdlr.

/usr/sbin/snmptrapfmt is the executable of the formatting application.

/usr/sbin/snmptrapfmthdlr is the executable of the trap handler.

/var/run/snmptrapfmt.p is the communication pipe between the trap handler snmptrapfmthdlr and the formatter snmptrapfmt.

/var/tmp/snmptrapfmt.trc is the error file of the application.

Releases

Unchanged in 12 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody).

  1. 3.0–13

From snmptrapfmt 1.19 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.