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BSNMPLIB(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		   BSNMPLIB(3)

NAME
     snmp_value_free, snmp_value_parse, snmp_value_copy, snmp_pdu_free,
     snmp_code snmp_pdu_decode, snmp_code snmp_pdu_encode, snmp_pdu_dump,
     TRUTH_MK, TRUTH_GET, TRUTH_OK — SNMP decoding and encoding library

LIBRARY
     Begemot SNMP library (libbsnmp, -lbsnmp)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <bsnmp/asn1.h>
     #include <bsnmp/snmp.h>

     void
     snmp_value_free(struct snmp_value *value);

     int
     snmp_value_parse(const char *buf, enum snmp_syntax,
	 union snmp_values *value);

     int
     snmp_value_copy(struct snmp_value *to, const struct snmp_value *from);

     void
     snmp_pdu_free(struct snmp_pdu *value);

     enum snmp_code
     snmp_pdu_decode(struct asn_buf *buf, struct snmp_pdu *pdu, int32_t *ip);

     enum snmp_code
     snmp_pdu_encode(struct snmp_pdu *pdu, struct asn_buf *buf);

     void
     snmp_pdu_dump(const struct snmp_pdu *pdu);

     int
     TRUTH_MK(F);

     int
     TRUTH_GET(T);

     int
     TRUTH_OK(T);

DESCRIPTION
     The SNMP library contains routines to handle SNMP version 1 and 2 PDUs.
     There are two basic structures used throughout the library:

	   struct snmp_value {
		   struct asn_oid	   var;
		   enum snmp_syntax	   syntax;
		   union snmp_values {
		     int32_t		   integer;/* also integer32 */
		     struct {
		       u_int		   len;
		       u_char		   *octets;
		     }			   octetstring;
		     struct asn_oid	   oid;
		     u_char		   ipaddress[4];
		     uint32_t		   uint32; /* also gauge32, counter32,
						      unsigned32, timeticks */
		     uint64_t		   counter64;
		   }			   v;
	   };

     This structure represents one variable binding from an SNMP PDU.  The
     field var is the ASN.1 of the variable that is bound.  syntax contains
     either the syntax code of the value or an exception code for SNMPv2 and
     may be one of:

	   enum snmp_syntax {
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_NULL	   = 0,
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_INTEGER,	   /* == INTEGER32 */
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_OCTETSTRING,
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_OID,
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_IPADDRESS,
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_COUNTER,
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_GAUGE,	   /* == UNSIGNED32 */
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_TIMETICKS,

		   /* v2 additions */
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_COUNTER64,
		   /* exceptions */
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_NOSUCHOBJECT,
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_NOSUCHINSTANCE,
		   SNMP_SYNTAX_ENDOFMIBVIEW,
	   };
     The field v holds the actual value depending on syntax.  Note, that if
     syntax is SNMP_SYNTAX_OCTETSTRING and v.octetstring.len is not zero,
     v.octetstring.octets points to a string allocated by malloc(3).

	   #define SNMP_COMMUNITY_MAXLEN   128
	   #define SNMP_MAX_BINDINGS	   100

	   struct snmp_pdu {
		   char		   community[SNMP_COMMUNITY_MAXLEN + 1];
		   enum snmp_version version;
		   u_int	   type;

		   /* trap only */
		   struct asn_oid  enterprise;
		   u_char	   agent_addr[4];
		   int32_t	   generic_trap;
		   int32_t	   specific_trap;
		   u_int32_t	   time_stamp;

		   /* others */
		   int32_t	   request_id;
		   int32_t	   error_status;
		   int32_t	   error_index;

		   /* fixes for encoding */
		   u_char	   *outer_ptr;
		   u_char	   *pdu_ptr;
		   u_char	   *vars_ptr;

		   struct snmp_value bindings[SNMP_MAX_BINDINGS];
		   u_int	   nbindings;
	   };
     This structure contains a decoded SNMP PDU.  version is one of

	   enum snmp_version {
		   SNMP_Verr = 0,
		   SNMP_V1 = 1,
		   SNMP_V2c,
	   };
     and type is the type of the PDU.

     The function snmp_value_free() is used to free all the dynamic allocated
     contents of an SNMP value.	 It does not free the structure pointed to by
     value itself.

     The function snmp_value_parse() parses the ASCII representation of an
     SNMP value into its binary form.  This function is mainly used by the
     configuration file reader of bsnmpd(1).

     The function snmp_value_copy() makes a deep copy of the value pointed to
     by from to the structure pointed to by to.	 It assumes that to is unini‐
     tialized and will overwrite its previous contents.	 It does not itself
     allocate the structure pointed to by to.

     The function snmp_pdu_free() frees all the dynamically allocated compo‐
     nents of the PDU.	It does not itself free the structure pointed to by
     pdu.

     The function snmp_pdu_decode() decodes the PDU pointed to by buf and
     stores the result into pdu.  If an error occurs in a variable binding the
     (1 based) index of this binding is stored in the variable pointed to by
     ip.

     The function snmp_pdu_encode() encodes the PDU pdu into the an octet‐
     string in buffer buf.

     The function snmp_pdu_dump() dumps the PDU in a human readable form by
     calling snmp_printf().

     The function TRUTH_MK() takes a C truth value (zero or non-zero) and
     makes an SNMP truth value (2 or 1).  The function TRUTH_GET() takes an
     SNMP truth value and makes a C truth value (0 or 1).  The function
     TRUTH_OK() checks, whether its argument is a legal SNMP truth value.

DIAGNOSTICS
     When an error occurs in any of the function the function pointed to by
     the global pointer

	   extern void (*snmp_error)(const char *, ...);

     with a printf(3) style format string.  There is a default error handler
     in the library that prints a message starting with ‘SNMP:’ followed by
     the error message to standard error.

     The function pointed to by

	   extern void (*snmp_printf)(const char *, ...);

     is called by the snmp_pdu_dump() function.	 The default handler is
     printf(3).

ERRORS
     snmp_pdu_decode() will return one of the following return codes:

     [SNMP_CODE_OK]	Success.

     [SNMP_CODE_FAILED]
			The ASN.1 coding was wrong.

     [SNMP_CODE_BADLEN]
			A variable binding value had a wrong length field.

     [SNMP_CODE_OORANGE]
			A variable binding value was out of the allowed range.

     [SNMP_CODE_BADVERS]
			The PDU is of an unsupported version.

     [SNMP_CODE_BADENQ]
			There was an ASN.1 value with an unsupported tag.

     snmp_pdu_encode() will return one of the following return codes:

     [SNMP_CODE_OK]	Success.

     [SNMP_CODE_FAILED]
			Encoding failed.

SEE ALSO
     gensnmptree(1), bsnmpd(1), bsnmpagent(3), bsnmpclient(3), bsnmplib(3)

STANDARDS
     This implementation conforms to the applicable IETF RFCs and ITU-T recom‐
     mendations.

AUTHORS
     Hartmut Brandt ⟨harti@FreeBSD.org⟩

BSD				October 4, 2005				   BSD
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