[mrtg] Re: problem with community names

[Rippe, Mark (CCI-Warwick)]

this is a RYFM piece.

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If your community contains a ``@'' or a `` '' these characters mus be escaped with a ``\''.
 Target[bla]: 2:stu\ pi\@d at router

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Adam Augustine [SMTP:adam_augustine at morinda.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, May 01, 2002 2:31 PM
> To:	'mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch'
> Subject:	[mrtg] problem with community names
> 
> 
> In a fit of security conscientiousness, I changed all my SNMP read
> communities. MRTG doesn't seem to like my new community names which include
> such characters as !@#$%^&*() and so on.
> 
> Which characters doesn't MRTG handle well? I assume MRTG doesn't properly
> escape funky characters, so do I need to? Would I just use a \?
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Adam
> 
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