On 16/01/07, Stern, M. David wrote:
> snmpset switch.fqdn ifDescr.1 s "Hostname"
> but it complains
> snmpset: No securityName specified

Two problems:

1) It's expecting to use SNMPv3.
Try
snmpset -v 1 -c public switch.fqdn ifDescr.1 s "Hostname"

2) ifDescr is not writable.
>From IF-MIB:
ifDescr OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX DisplayString (SIZE (0..255))
MAX-ACCESS read-only <====


Dave

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