I'm trying to open up the private write access in /etc/snmp/conf. I've
modified snmpd.conf
system-group-read-community     public
system-group-write-community    private
#
read-community  public
write-community private

and modified snmpdx.acl
acl = {
        {
                communities = public, private
                access = read-write
                managers = *
        }

}

However, the box still does not response to SNMP set requests on
sysContact (gets are working fine). What is the secret to opening this
access up?

-robert

Looks like I found the problem. Even though you set all the write
(private) access to be open, by default mibiisa is started with the -r
option which means "read only" for the entire MIB. To change this you
need to change /etc/snmp/conf/mibiisa.reg and remove the -r from the
command line. Then go to /etc/rc3.d and stop/start the snmp agent.

-Robert