set snmp community

Use the set snmp community command to set SNMP communities and associated access types.

set snmp community {read-only | read-write | read-write-all} [community_string]

Syntax Description

read-only	Keyword that assigns read-only access to the specified SNMP community.
read-write	Keyword that assigns read-write access to the specified SNMP community.
read-write-all	Keyword that assigns read-write access to the specified SNMP community.
community_string	(Optional) Specifies the name of the SNMP community.

Default

The default configuration has the following communities and access types defined:

• public--read-only
• private--read-write
• secret--read-write-all

Command Type

Switch command.

Command Mode

Privileged.

Usage Guideline

There are three configurable SNMP communities, one for each access type. If you do not specify the community string, the community string configured for that access type is cleared.

Examples

This example shows how to set read-write access to the SNMP community called yappledapple:

Console> (enable) set snmp community read-write yappledapple
SNMP read-write community string set.
  

This example shows how to clear the community string defined for read-only access:

Console> (enable) set snmp community read-only
SNMP read-only community string cleared.
Console> (enable)
  

Related Command

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