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Asked: 2026-05-27T17:14:51+00:00

I am using the python to send an snmpset message to an snmp agent.

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I am using the python to send an snmpset message to an snmp agent. I have the correct OID as I can use it to get data with snmpget. However, it will not set the data. I am sending octets in hex format (two hex values) separated by a colon. I might have to put apostrophes around it, right? Here is the example of the line I am sending

foo = os.popen(“snmpset -v 2c -c private 192.1.55.222
.1.2.6.5.4.1.24022.4.27.1.6.4.4 x 00:00:04:cf:00:00:00:00:00:00”)

as you can see, I am sending an Octet string with type x.

Can anyone hazard a guess as to how I should pass in the set value of “00:00:04:cf:00:00:00:00:00:00“. I know the setvalue is of the right length and type because I have used it in a MIB browser.

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  1. Editorial Team

    A couple of things:

    1) there is a native python interface you could use instead of calling a system command. There are in fact multiple choices, including pysnmp (done in python) and Net-SNMP’s python module (done in C).

    2) The Net-SNMP snmpset command expects straight hex code without any :s in it. So if you remove the :s you may find it’ll work.

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