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gauthamnaggg Joined: Aug 25, 2008 Posts: 1 Other Topics	Posted Aug 25, 2008 at 1:31:35 PM Subject: Does SNMP commands needs roots privileges to execute ? I am working on a project where my local machine installed with linux 2.6.18 kernel and SNMP package installed with it .So my project is primarily focused on SNMP. Here my local machine acts as a SNMP agent,and it tries to execute the SNMP commands like snmpget . I logged in to my machine as a normal user and I don't have any root or Admin permission.My question here is As a normal user can I execute snnpget commands and other SNMP related commands.Any help will be appreciated . Thanks and regards Gautham K S
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chart3399 Joined Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 73 Other Topics	Posted: Aug 25, 2008 3:25:12 PM Subject: Does SNMP commands needs roots privileges to execute ? No you do not have to be root to run snmpget. You simply need to know the community string which you are trying to access .
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