Bug 1151310

Summary:	snmptrap can't create (or write to) /var/lib/net-snmp/snmpapp.conf if isn't run under root
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	David Spurek <dspurek>
Component:	net-snmp	Assignee:	Jan Safranek <jsafrane>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Dalibor Pospíšil <dapospis>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.2	CC:	dapospis, ebenes
Target Milestone:	rc
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Fixed In Version:	net-snmp-5.7.2-22.el7	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: Net-SNMP client tools and utilities reported 'read_config_store open failure on /var/lib/net-snmp/snmpapp.conf', when executed as non-privileged user. Consequence: Confusing and meaningless message is shown each time a SNMP tool is called. Fix: The message was removed. Result: No confusing message is shown.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2015-11-19 11:45:43 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description David Spurek 2014-10-10 05:34:46 UTC

Description of problem:
snmptrap can't create (or write to) /var/lib/net-snmp/snmpapp.conf if isn't run under root

/var/lib/net-snmp/snmpapp.conf doesn't exist by default. When unprivileged user run snmptrap it can't write to /var/lib/net-snmp/.

[root@pes-guest-72 ~]# ls /var/lib/net-snmp/
cert_indexes/   mib_indexes/    snmptrapd.conf 
[root@pes-guest-72 ~]# su - test
[test@pes-guest-72 ~]$ id
uid=1000(test) gid=1000(test) groups=1000(test) context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
[test@pes-guest-72 ~]$ /usr/bin/snmptrap -v2c -c public localhost '' FREERADIUS-NOTIFICATION-MIB::serverStart
read_config_store open failure on /var/lib/net-snmp/snmpapp.conf
read_config_store open failure on /var/lib/net-snmp/snmpapp.conf
read_config_store open failure on /var/lib/net-snmp/snmpapp.conf



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
net-snmp-5.7.2-18.el7

How reproducible:
always

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Comment 1 Jan Safranek 2015-02-19 11:37:58 UTC

I pushed a fix upstream: https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/code/ci/53ee5f1d240ac90adae935538bdc2ca13a8caa32/

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 11:45:43 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2345.html