Authentication Traps Registry Settings

The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\EnableAuthenticationTraps registry key determines whether authentication traps will be generated when a request is received from a nonvalid manager or community. The following table shows the named value.

Value : type Description
Switch : REG_DWORD Default setting is 1.

1 enables authentication traps.

0 disables authentication traps.

Switches the authentication traps on or off.

The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\TrapConfiguration registry key specifies the managers to which traps will be sent and the community that will be specified in the trap. The following table shows the registry settings for .

Value : type Description
Unique_# : REG_SZ Default is not set in the registry.

Resolvable name of the manager or the IP address within this community where you want to send traps.

The following table shows an example of the registry settings for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\TrapConfiguration for a community that is specified as public.

Example Value
1 machine1
2 123.12.23.111
3 machine2

The following table shows the registry settings for KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\TrapConfiguration for a community that is specified as mycommunity.

Example Value
1 machine3
2 machine4
3 122.222.111.1

The following table shows the registry settings for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\TrapVersion.

Value : type Description
DefaultVersion : REG_DWORD Default setting is 0.

0 for SNMP version 1.

1 for SNMP version 2c.

Version of SNMP to be used for traps by default.

trap_destination : REG_DWORD Default setting is 0.

Trap version to be used for this trap destination. The computer name trap destination must be in the list of trap destinations.

See Also

SNMP Registry Settings

 Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004

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