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Changing the Password on Solaris SPARC
This procedure describes how to change the password on a Solaris SPARC system.
Before you begin
Open snmpd.cnf with a text editor.
Changing the Password on Solaris SPARC
Follow the steps below to change the password on a Solaris SPARC system:
1 Stop the SNMP Master Agent by typing the following on the command line:
# ps -ef | grep snmpdm
A message is displayed indicating the process number of the snmpdm. To kill that process from Solaris, type the following:
# kill -9 <process number>
2 Using a text editor, search for cspAdmin (or the current password). Replace all instances of cspAdmin (or the password) with the new password. The password should contain a maximum of eight alphanumeric characters.
3 Save the snmpd.cnf file. Save a backup copy of the file.
4 From the same Command Prompt window, start the SNMP Master Agent by typing the following at the command line:
# /etc/srconf/exe/snmpdm&
You do not need to start and stop CSPEventManager and CSPAgent.
Once the password has been changed, this is the password that you must use whenever you want to do a Set command.
Changing the password applies to the local system only. If you want to change the password globally, you must do this on each destination.
5 To test the new password, type the following at the command line:
# cd /etc/srconf/exe
6 Type:
# setany -v1 localhost <new password> cspEventMax.0 -i 300
The result of this command should be the following:
# cspEventMax.0 = 300