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Article Number | 000037224 |
Applies To | RSA Product Set: SecurID |
Issue | After enabling SNMP via the Security Console (Setup > System Settings > Network Monitoring > Network Monitoring using SNMP v3) on an RSA Authentication Manager hardware appliance, the /var/log/net-snmpd.log file displays the following bad security model error:
This error is occurs only on the RSA Authentication Manager hardware appliance. Therefore, if you use virtual appliances, you do not run into this error. |
Cause | The error happens because by default the access directive entry in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf has a misconfigured setting. Although a context parameter for the access directive includes a space between double quotes (shown below in bold), the parameter should not include the space:
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Workaround | To workaround the issue, remove the space from the access directive.
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