How to change SNMP default community string in PowerPath
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Symptoms
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PowerPath for Solaris 6.0 P03
Customer has found a vulnerability on the SNMP when using the default community string as 'public' according to their Network Vulnerability assessment.
To fix the vulnerability, they need to change the community string.
Resolution
Per Engineering team, SNMP stopped working from PP 6.0 and we don't have any roadmap in SNMP starting 6.0 releases, we suggest customer to use PPMA instead of SNMP for receiving alerts.
If customer do not use SNMP but worry about the vulnerability, they can use below ways to change community string to a customer chosen Custom_name instead of 'public' by editing the '/lib/svc/method/emcp_mond' file.
64 $DAEMON -c public -h localhost $snmp_switch
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64 $DAEMON -c "Custom_name" -h localhost $snmp_switch
Affected Products
PowerPath for SolarisProducts
PowerPath for SolarisArticle Properties
Article Number: 000063852
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2025
Version: 3
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