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| -rwxr-xr-x | src/conf_mode/snmp.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/conf_mode/snmp.py b/src/conf_mode/snmp.py index a4e776d49..3eb2935be 100755 --- a/src/conf_mode/snmp.py +++ b/src/conf_mode/snmp.py @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import os import shutil import stat import pwd -import time import jinja2 import random @@ -771,9 +770,17 @@ def apply(snmp): # start SNMP daemon os.system("sudo systemctl restart snmpd.service") - # the passwords are not available immediately so this is a workaround - # and should be changed to polling - time.sleep(2) + # Passwords are not available immediately in the configuration file, + # after daemon startup - we wait until they have been processed by + # snmpd, which we see when a magic line appears in this file. + snmpReady = False + while not snmpReady: + with open(config_file_user, 'r') as f: + for line in f: + # Search for our magic string inside the file + if '**** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE ****' in line: + snmpReady = True + break # Back in the Perl days the configuration was re-read and any # plaintext password inside the configuration was replaced by |