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title Default Authentication Options
description This section defines the default authentication
description information.  Setting these up properly in your
description ~/.snmp/snmp.conf file will greatly reduce the amount of
description command line arguments you need to type (especially for snmpv3).

token defaultPort
info  The default port number to use
info  This token specifies the default port number you want packets to 
info  be sent to and received from.
info  override: with -p on the command line.
info  arguments: portnum
question 1 Enter the default port number to use

token defVersion
info  The default snmp version number to use.
info  override: with -v on the command line.
info  arguments: 1|2c|3
question 1 Enter the default snmp version number to use (1|2c|3)
validanswer 1 ^(1|2c|3)$

token defCommunity
info  The default snmpv1 and snmpv2c community name to use when needed.
info  If this is specified, you don't need to include the community
info  name as an argument to the snmp applications.  
info  override: with -c on the command line.
info  arguments: communityname
question 1 Enter the default community name to use

token defSecurityName
info  The default snmpv3 security name to use when using snmpv3
info  override: with -u on the command line.
info  arguments: securityname
question 1 Enter the default security name to use

token defContext
info  The default snmpv3 context name to use
info  override: with -n on the command line.
info  arguments: contextname
question 1 Enter the default context name to use

token defAuthType
info  The default snmpv3 authentication type name to use
info  override: with -a on the command line.
info  arguments: authtype
question 1 Enter the default authentication type to use (MD5|SHA)
validanswer 1 ^(MD5|SHA)$

token defAuthPassphrase
info  The default snmpv3 authentication pass phrase to use
info  Note: It must be at least 8 characters long.
info  override: with -A on the command line.
info  arguments: passphrase
question 1 Enter the default authentication pass phrase to use

token defPrivType
info  The default snmpv3 privacy (encryption) type name to use
info  override: with -x on the command line.
info  arguments: privtype
question 1 Enter the default privacy type to use (DES|AES)
validanswer 1 ^(DES|AES)$

token defPrivPassphrase
info  The default snmpv3 privacy pass phrase to use
info  Note: It must be at least 8 characters long.
info  override: with -X on the command line.
info  arguments: passphrase
question 1 Enter the default privacy pass phrase to use

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