The snmpd.conf (5) man page defines the syntax and behaviour of the various configuration directives that can be used to control the operation of the Net-SNMP agent, and the management information it provides.
To change the Net-SNMP Agent Daemon configuration, edit the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf configuration file. The default snmpd.conf file shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is heavily commented and serves as a good starting point for agent configuration.
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This tutorial covers the use of snmpconf to create a configuration file (snmpd.conf) for snmpd. Note that snmpconf only understands a subset of the tokens that snmpd offers, so it is possible that some tokens will remain undocumented.