Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] loading MIBS

[Ron Flory <ron.flory@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Giles Scott wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I am running ethereal on RedHat 7.1, compiled with UCD-SNMP support
> (UCD-snmp version 4.2.4), Ethereal help about shows Compiled ,with UCD
> SNMP 4.2
> 
> snmp.conf (mibfile 8030root.mib (Alteon MIB)
> Using snmpwalk I can walk the Alteon MIB, but when I do a packet trace
> Ethereal does not decode the OID.
> 
> What am I missing (probably a silly question) ?

 when you are doing the 'snmpwalk', are you running as root, or as a
normal user?

 the mibs are read on a per-user basis, so placing a mib in a user
/.snmp/mibs dir will not be visible to root, which is where ethereal is
being run from.  Am i close?

ron