VARIABLES(5)                                                Net-SNMP                                                VARIABLES(5)



NAME
           variables - Format of specifying variable names to SNMP tools.

SYNOPSIS
           system.sysdescr.0

DESCRIPTION
       Variable  names are in the format of Object Identifiers (ASN.1).  There are several methods of representation. Each vari-
       able name is given in the format of A.B.C.D..., where A, B, C, and D are subidentifiers in one of two forms of  notation.
       Each subidentifier may be encoded as a decimal integer, or a symbol as found in the RFC1066 MIB.  The case of the symbols
       is not significant.
       If there is no  leading  "."  in  the  variable  name,  the  name  will  be  formed  as  if  having  been  preceded  with
       "iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib.".   A  "."  must  be placed before the first variable if the user is to fully specify the
       name.  For example:

       1.1.0 system.sysDescr.0 and 1.sysDescr.0

       all refer to the same variable name.  Likewise:

       .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0 .iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib.system.sysdescr.0 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.sysdescr.0

       All refer to the same variable name.

       The description of the variables in the MIB is given in the set of MIB files defined by the MIBS environment variable (or
       the  default  list  defined  at compilation time) and the MIB files in the /usr/share/snmp/mibs directory (or the MIBDIRS
       environment variable).

SEE ALSO
       RFC 1065, RFC 1066, RFC 1067, ISO IS 8824(ASN.1)

BUGS
       The parser of the MIB files file is not expected to handle bizarre (although correct) interpretations of the ASN.1  nota-
       tion.





4th Berkeley Distribution                                  02 Mar 1999                                              VARIABLES(5)