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Running the Mttrapd (SNMP) probe as a non-root user on Solaris

Troubleshooting


Problem

Mttrapd SNMP probe : non-root user on Solaris?

Symptom

When the probe is run as a non-root user, it logs the following error -

SNMP Message (priority=3): UDP snmp_open: Unknown host (Permission denied)

[{"Product":{"code":"SSSHTQ","label":"Tivoli Netcool\/OMNIbus"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"SNMP EMS Probe","Platform":[{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"}],"Version":"1.0","Edition":"All Editions","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
09 May 2025

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