How do I change the community string of an snmp device?

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I have many snmp devices that has their community string set to "public". Is there a way to change the community string of an snmp device?

`Is there a way to change the community string of an snmp device?` Yes. — joeqwerty, Nov 23 '15 at 16:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '15 at 17:14

I suppose it's just a conceptual question (As you don't provide us any information regarding the type of devices you are trying to configure)

So the answer is:

Sure!, there is a way to change SNMP community in almost any device. Such way depends on the device you are configuring (Network devices, workstations, servers ...)

For example, if you are configuring a linux machine:

Edit snmpd config file (normally located in /etc/snmpd) and change rocommunity and rwcommunity parameters.
Restart the snmp daemon.

How do I change the community string of an snmp device?

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