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Is it possible to adjust prtg to accept snmp v3 passwords less than 8 characters? I receive following error: Error in authentication password (at least 8 chars) (SNMP error # -2009)

Thanks Grega

authentication prtg snmp

Created on Jul 23, 2017 9:27:26 PM



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Hello there,
thank you for your reply.

The SNMP error -2009 translates as:

SNMPERR_GENERATEAUTH

The RFC-2574 from April 1999 defines:

11.2 Defining Users

SNMP implementations (and SNMP configuration applications) must ensure that passwords are at least 8 characters in length.

While there's no constrain/validation for this field in PRTG, you will encounter issues. Please set a longer password on your device and adjust the password in PRTG.

Best Regards,
Luciano Lingnau [Paessler Support]

Created on Jul 24, 2017 10:48:34 AM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]

Last change on Jul 24, 2017 10:49:02 AM by Luciano Lingnau [Paessler]



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Hi Luciano

Thanks for you reply!

Grega

Created on Jul 26, 2017 1:03:27 PM




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