[SOLVED]: amavisd-new-snmp problem

[Birta Levente]

On 17/03/2012 02:57, Mark Martinec wrote:
> Levi,
>
>> I use net-snmp-5.3.2.2-17.el5 and amavisd-new / -snmp 2.7.0 on Centos 5.8
>>
>> I started the amavisd daemon and with 0 messages sent get:
>>
>> # snmpwalk -c public -v2c 127.0.0.1 AMAVIS-MIB::inMsgsSize
>> SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.15312.2.1.1.3.1.0 = Counter64: 2340844
>>
>> Now, after 1 message (only text with one word) sent:
>>
>> # snmpwalk -c public -v2c 127.0.0.1 AMAVIS-MIB::inMsgs
>> SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.15312.2.1.1.2.1.0 = Counter32: 1
>> # snmpwalk -c public -v2c 127.0.0.1 AMAVIS-MIB::inMsgsSize
>> SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.15312.2.1.1.3.1.0 = Counter64: 6798935570412
>> [...]
>> I think it's problem with Counter64 counters. Can somebody tell me how
>> to get correct values from message size counters over SNMP?
>
> Indeed, it's a bug in net-snmp regarding 64-bit counters,
> or rather, in its AgentX perl interface.
>
> This is from amavisd-new 2.6.4 release notes:
>
>    The setup was tested with Net-SNMP versions 5.3.2.3, 5.4.2.1 and 5.2.0.
>    If you experience wild numbers served in Counter64 variables on a 64-bit
>    platform, the following patch (at the server side) solves the problem:
>
>      http://www.mail-archive.com/net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg19502.html
>
>    The patch seems to already be incorporated into version 5.3.3 of Net-SNMP,
>    and into 5.5 (but not in 5.4.2, nor in 5.2.0).
>
>
> I don't have more recent information unfortunately.
> Updated information on this bug resolution is welcome.
>
>    Mark

Hello,

Thank you Mark.

I downloaded the source rpm, applied the patch then rebuild / update the 
rpm and all goes fine now.

Levi