[CentOS] CENTOS 5.4 /var/log/messages too many?????

Sat Jan 30 16:21:45 UTC 2010
Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>

Am 30.01.2010 16:21, schrieb mcclnx mcc:
> we have CENTOS 5.4 on dell server and recently /var/log/messages have thousand of following messages every day.  
> 
> Jan 30 10:12:47 ORA5 snmpd[8295]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:55837 
> Jan 30 10:12:47 ORA5 snmpd[8295]: Received SNMP packet(s) from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:55837 
> Jan 30 10:12:47 ORA5 snmpd[8295]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:55837 
> Jan 30 10:12:47 ORA5 last message repeated 31 times
> Jan 30 10:12:47 ORA5 snmpd[8295]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:64026 
> Jan 30 10:12:47 ORA5 snmpd[8295]: Received SNMP packet(s) from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:64026 
> Jan 30 10:12:47 ORA5 snmpd[8295]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:64026 
> 
> 
> Anyone know how to fix it?
> 
> Thansk.

How about using the logging options snmpd offers?

man snmpd

 -L[efos]
               Specify where logging output should be directed (standard
error or output, to a file or via syslog).  See LOGGING OPTIONS in
snmpcmd(5) for details.
               This option deprecates the -l -s and -S options.

-> man 1 snmpcmd -> LOGGING OPTIONS

Then set /etc/sysconfig/snmpd.options as you like to. For instance, I am
running with

~ $ cat /etc/sysconfig/snmpd.options
OPTIONS="-LS n d -LF i /dev/null -p /var/run/snmpd.pid -a"

Alexander