getid(ADMN)                     19 June 1992                     getid(ADMN)


 Name

    getid - program to retrieve the system MIB variables from an SNMP entity

 Syntax

    getid entityaddr community string

 Description

    getid is an SNMP application that retrieves the variables sysDescr.0,
    sysObjectID.0, and sysUpTime.0 from an SNMP entity.  The arguments are
    the entity's address and the community string needed for access to the
    SNMP entity.  The primary purpose of this application is to illustrate
    the use of the SNMP library routines.

 See also

    getmany(ADMN), getone(ADMN), getnext(ADMN), snmp(ADMN), snmpstat(ADMN),
    RFC 1155, RFC 1156, RFC 1157