Check_ifstatus / SNMP.pm problems

[Subhendu Ghosh]

Check the location for perl in your path versus the perl in the #! 
statement. (or config.status if using embedded perl)

-sg

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Nolan Martin wrote:

> Well, okay, I did confuse SNMP.pm for the Net::SNMP perl module.  :)
> 
> I would say this was largely because the first time I ran a
> check_ifstatus, it complained about not having the SNMP.pm in its @INC
> path....  Once I adjusted it so that it was in its path, that error went
> away.  I then received the session error message....
> 
> But, as I mentioned, based on one of your postings in the archives, I
> separately attempted to install the Net::SNMP through the CPAN shell and
> received a response that Net::SNMP is up to date ( perl -MCPAN -e
> "install Net::SNMP").  So, if I understand correctly, Net::SNMP is
> installed on the machine.
> 
> Thoughts or suggestions as to what I am missing or misunderstanding? 
> Thanks for your response.
> 
> Nolan
> 
> 
> >>> Subhendu Ghosh <sghosh at sghosh.org> 10/04/02 02:38PM >>>
> Ummm yes and no :)
> 
> NET-SNMP package includes the snmp command line utilities used by 
> check_snmp and the SNMP.pm module.
> 
> check_ifstatus and friends require Net::SNMP module -which is an all
> perl 
> snmp manager library implementation.
> 
> the names are confusing similar...  the perl modules names are actually
> 
> different.
> 
> -sg
> 
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Nolan Martin wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to get check_ifstatus going and am having some
> difficulties
> > getting NET-SNMP and the Perl SNMP module configured properly.  
> > 
> > I have installed both NET-SNMP and the SNMP.pm, but I still receive
> the
> > following error message, when I attempt to run the check_ifstatus
> > command from the nagios libexec directory to test it:
> > 
> > # ./check_ifstatus -H 10.5.1.11
> > Can't locate object method "session" via package "Net::SNMP"
> (perhaps
> > you forgot to load "Net::SNMP"?) at ./check_ifstatus line 128.
> > 
> > As I mentioned, I installed NET-SNMP and installed the SNMP perl
> module
> > following the instructions that accompany both of those components. 
> I
> > also followed Subhendu Ghosh's postings from August 21st (RE:
> > [Nagios-users] SNMP.pm Solution/problem) and attempted to install
> > again/verify my perl module installation by installing it using the
> CPAN
> > shell.  That attempt returns that Net::SNMP is up to date.
> > 
> > Obviously, I missed some step or have failed to do some
> configuration. 
> > Any assistance would be appreciated. 
> > 
> > My system is Red Hat 7.3.  I am running Perl 5.6.1, although there
> > appears to be an existing 5.6.0 installation as well.  I am using
> the
> > Nagios Plugins v1.3 Beta1 plugins and the latest version of Net-SNMP
> > 5.0.5 (released 10/1/2002)
> > 
> > Here are the steps I went through.
> > 
> > INSTALLED NET-SNMP
> > * Downloaded and extracted Net-SNMP 5.0.5
> > * ./configure
> > * make
> > * umask 022
> > * make install
> > 
> > INSTALLED / VERIFIED PERL SNMP MODULE
> > * From the perl subdirectory of the extracted NET-SNMP directory,
> ran: 
> > perl Makefile.PL
> > * make
> > * make test
> > * make install
> > * Since the SNMP.pm was installed to
> > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux, but my understanding was
> that
> > NET-SNMP actually looks for it under a directory named Net, I created
> a
> > directory named Net and copied SNMP.pm to that folder as well. 
> > * Executing the check_ifstatus now finds the SNMP.pm in its included
> > paths, but produces the session error message
> > * Tried to install again/verify the SNMP.pm installation by
> installing
> > it through the CPAN shell:
> > perl -MCPAN -e "install Net::SNMP" - That attempt returns that
> > Net::SNMP is up to date.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
> > 
> > Nolan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
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