NAME
snmpsession - snmpkit functions dealing with a particular snmpsession.
SYNOPSIS
#include <snmpkit.h>
SNMPSESSION *sk_new_session(char *host, void *(start_routine)(SNMPSESSION*), const char *community);
DESCRIPTION
A snmpsession is an opaque data structure which specifies a
The new_snmpsession() creates a new session. The SNMPSOCK should have
previously created by the application using, new_snmpsock(). The host
should will be looked up using gethostbyname() and the community string
is something like a password in SNMP lingo but it doesn’t have a
username associated with it and it is transmitted in clear text within
the packets. In most cases, there are a couple of community strings.
One is only allowed to read and the other is allowed to both read and
write. The default read-only community name is "public". If set the
community name to NULL, the community name will default to public.
The new_snmpsession_quick() function is very similar to the
new_snmpsession() function except the community name always defaults to
"public".
The delete_snmpsock() function is the opposite of the new_snmpsession()
function. It frees all memory and resources currently being used by the
SNMPSESSION structure.
RETURN VALUE
The new_snmpsock() and the new_snmpsock_quick() both return a pointer
to the newly created snmpsock or NULL if there was an error.
AUTHOR
Ben Woodard <ben@users.sourceforge.net>
BUGS
The library can possibly throw different kinds of C++ exceptions that
won’t be caught by the glue code and therefore it can cause your
program to crash inexplicably.
SEE ALSO
libsnmpkit(3), snmpsock(3), snmpstructfiller(3), snmptable(3),
gethostbyname(3)