Description of problem: This is the same issue reported in BZ#627564, and a customer would like to backport it to RHEL5. When using IPV6-MIB to query the description of IPV6 interfaces, only the interfaces up at the time of startup are reported, any interfaces activated after startup are not reported. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL5.6 net-snmp-5.3.2.2-9.el5_5.1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Check the current interfaces # cat /proc/net/if_inet6 00000000000000000000000000000001 01 80 10 80 lo fe80000000000000505400fffe0fcad9 03 40 20 80 eth 2. Start snmpd # service snmpd start 3. Query the description of IPV6 interfaces # snmpwalk -c public -v 1 localhost ipv6IfDescr IPV6-MIB::ipv6IfDescr.1 = STRING: lo IPV6-MIB::ipv6IfDescr.3 = STRING: eth0 4. Start another network interface # ifup eth1 5. Check if eth1 is listed # cat /proc/net/if_inet6 00000000000000000000000000000001 01 80 10 80 lo fe80000000000000505400fffe0fcad9 03 40 20 80 eth0 fe80000000000000505400fffec8188a 02 40 20 80 eth1 6. Query the description of IPV6 interfaces again # snmpwalk -c public -v 1 localhost ipv6IfDescr IPV6-MIB::ipv6IfDescr.1 = STRING: lo IPV6-MIB::ipv6IfDescr.3 = STRING: eth0 Actual results: eth1 is not listed. Expected results: All IPV6 interfaces are listed. Additional info: An engineer built a test package for RHEL5, but it seems to be deleted now.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1076.html