Net-SNMP running as snmpd user

[SMiTTY]

We have a number of Business editions rolled out and noticing that we can't query services.

When running with the following we only get back the snmpd service

snmpd  47456   0.0  0.2   38816 26476  -  S    08:01       0:00.01 /usr/local/sbin/snmpd -p /var/run/net_snmpd.pid -u snmpd -g snmpd

zabbix:~$ snmpwalk -v2c -cExample foo.bar.com .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.47456 = STRING: "snmpd"

If I kill the process and start as root, we get the full list.

root   93943   0.0  0.2   38816 26296  -  S    08:02       0:00.01 /usr/local/sbin/snmpd -p /var/run/net_snmpd.pid

zabbix:~$ snmpwalk -v2c -cExample foo.bar.com .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.20 = STRING: "lighttpd"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.315 = STRING: "python3.11"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.317 = STRING: "python3.11"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.563 = STRING: "devd"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.8724 = STRING: "ntpd"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.12072 = STRING: "dpinger"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.12829 = STRING: "daemon"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.13264 = STRING: "php"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.13324 = STRING: "syslog-ng"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.13761 = STRING: "syslog-ng"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.21025 = STRING: "csh"
iso.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2.25394 = STRING: "daemon"

I don't see this issue with the non Business edition. It always seems to start as root and not the snmpd user.

[SMiTTY]

Seems you can set the following in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/snmpd to have it run as root.
Just curious why Business vs Community causes this break.

snmpd_sugid="NO"

[doktornotor]

Code Select Expand

# cat /usr/local/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Netsnmp/snmpd
{% if helpers.exists('OPNsense.netsnmp.general.enabled') and OPNsense.netsnmp.general.enabled == '1' %}
snmpd_setup="/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Netsnmp/setup.sh"
snmpd_enable="YES"
snmpd_sugid="NO"
{% else %}
snmpd_enable="NO"
{% endif %}



Also, there's been some great upstream idea - which shouldn't be relevant here - but definitely broke things nicely.

It's most secure when it's not running at all. You are just half-way there on business, apparently. :-*