Template:FAQ:Agent 05

Deleting the text file for a MIB does not affect the agent, other than to prevent it from recognising textual names instead of raw OIDs in the config files. There are three options to prevent the agent returning information from a particular MIB:

• re-run configure to exclude the given MIB module, rebuild, and reinstall:

       ./configure --with-out-mib-module=host   ....
       make
       make install

• use access control to exclude the mib from the view used to query the agent:

       com2sec public  default public
       

       group   public  v1      public
       group   public  v2c     public
       

       view    ourmib  included  system
       view    ourmib  included  printmib
       view    ourmib  excluded  host
       view    ourmib  included  privatemib
       

       access  public  "" any noauth exact ourmib none none

• disable the MIB at runtime
  First you need to figure out which MIB modules are being loaded by getting the agent to report them as they are initialised:

         snmpd -Dmib_init -H

Then turn off the ones you don't want:

         snmpd -I -hr_system,hr_storage,hr_device,hr_other,....