By default, snmpd provides read/write access to localhost, e.g. snmpwalk -v 1 -c public localhost. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Michael RISBY <<a href="mailto:michael.risby@ap.equinix.com">michael.risby@ap.equinix.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU"><div>This may or may not be a related directly to Ubuntu however I am using Ubuntu-server edition so I thought it would be semi appropriate to post here. Basically my problem is my home’s linux machine which is running a webserver with the cacti monitoring system. My problem is that I am constantly adding my changed dynamic IP to the snmpd.conf. I’ve tried to add a DNS and it just doesn’t like to resolve it. Anyone got a work around or a potential solution that they would like to share? Cheers, Michael</div></div> -- ubuntu-server mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server</a> More info: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam</a> </blockquote></div> -- <a href="http://ls.net">http://ls.net</a> <a href="http://drupal.ls.net">http://drupal.ls.net</a> The path to God starts with a simple act of kindness.