{"id":54,"date":"2017-10-10T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxadmin.melberi.com\/uncategorized\/error-bad-security-model-any-should-be"},"modified":"2017-10-10T07:15:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T07:15:34","slug":"error-bad-security-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melberi.com\/linuxadmin\/snmp\/error-bad-security-model","title":{"rendered":"Error: bad security model “any” should be: v1, v2c, usm"},"content":{"rendered":"

While starting the SNMP service, following error message displayed :Error: bad security model “any” should be: v1, v2c, usm or a registered security plugin name<\/p>\n

Error Message:<\/u><\/h3>\n

\/etc\/snmp\/snmpd.conf: line 78: Error: bad security model “any” should be: v1, v2c, usm or a registered security plugin name – installing anyway
\n: \/etc\/snmp\/snmpd.conf: line 79: Error: bad security model “any” should be: v1, v2c, usm or a registered security plugin name – installing anyway
\n: \/etc\/snmp\/snmpd.conf: line 93: Error: bad prefix match parameter “0”, should be: exact or prefix – installing anyway
\n: \/etc\/snmp\/snmpd.conf: line 94: Error: bad prefix match parameter “0”, should be: exact or prefix – installing anyway
\n: net-snmp: 4 error(s) in config file(s)<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/u><\/h3>\n

Replace
\ngroup MyRWGroup \u00a0any \u00a0 \u00a0 local<\/strong>
\n group MyROGroup \u00a0any \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0mynetwork<\/strong><\/p>\n

with<\/div>\n
\n
group MyRWGroup \u00a0v2c \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0local<\/strong><\/div>\n
group MyROGroup \u00a0v2c \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 mynetwork<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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