Re: can luasnmp be used to write an agent?

[joseph stewart <joseph.stewart@...>]

I have a prototype ber1 decoder written in lua (sans netsnmp).  
Currently, it just take a string with a binary packet in it and  
prints the decoded data to the screen.

Anyone want to work with me turning this into a fuller snmp  
implementation?

-joe

On May 13, 2007, at 3:01 PM, Richard Ranft wrote:

> Hm, can any of this be tied in with the host scripting system?  I  
> have no
> idea, just throwing that out there....
>
> Rich
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br
> > [mailto:lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br]On Behalf Of Herbert  
> > Leuwer
> > Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:09 PM
> > To: Lua list
> > Subject: Re: can luasnmp be used to write an agent?
> >
> >
> > LuaSNMP is a binding to the net-snmp client library and does not  
> > provide
> > any functionality to program an agent.
> >
> > A good idea though - I'm also thinking about this.
> >
> > Herbert
> >
> > Sam Roberts schrieb:
> > > I don't know enough about snmp to see from the docs whether  
> > > luasnmp is
> > > the right tool for me.  I would like to publish snmp information  
> > > from an
> > > app written in lua, I think this means being an "agent".
> > >
> > > Can I do this with luasnmp, http://luasnmp.luaforge.net/, or is it
> > > just for writing managers that interact with existing agents?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Sam