1 files changed, 32 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_snmp.c b/plugins/check_snmp.c
index 728d692a..97c86a3a 100644
--- a/plugins/check_snmp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_snmp.c
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ int retries = 0;
 unsigned long eval_method[MAX_OIDS];
 char *delimiter;
 char *output_delim;
-char *miblist;
+char *miblist = NULL;
+int needmibs = FALSE;
+
 
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         output = strdup ("");
         delimiter = strdup (" = ");
         output_delim = strdup (DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DELIMITER);
-        miblist = strdup (DEFAULT_MIBLIST);
+        /* miblist = strdup (DEFAULT_MIBLIST); */
         timeout_interval = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
         retries = DEFAULT_RETRIES;
 
@@ -510,6 +512,15 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                                 retries = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'o':                                                                       /* object identifier */
+                        if ( strspn( optarg, "0123456789." ) != strlen( optarg ) ) {
+                                        /*
+                                         * we have something other than digits and periods, so we
+                                         * have a mib variable, rather than just an SNMP OID, so
+                                         * we have to actually read the mib files
+                                         */
+                                        needmibs = TRUE;
+                        }
+
                         for (ptr = optarg; (ptr = index (ptr, ',')); ptr++)
                                 ptr[0] = ' '; /* relpace comma with space */
                         for (ptr = optarg; (ptr = index (ptr, ' ')); ptr++)
@@ -627,6 +638,8 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
 
         if (community == NULL)
                 community = strdup (DEFAULT_COMMUNITY);
+        
+
 
         return validate_arguments ();
 }
@@ -640,13 +653,11 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
 
 <para>&PROTO_validate_arguments;</para>
 
-<para>Given a database name, this function returns TRUE if the string
-is a valid PostgreSQL database name, and returns false if it is
-not.</para>
+<para>Checks to see if the default miblist needs to be loaded. Also verifies 
+the authentication and authorization combinations based on protocol version 
+selected.</para>
 
-<para>Valid PostgreSQL database names are less than &NAMEDATALEN;
-characters long and consist of letters, numbers, and underscores. The
-first character cannot be a number, however.</para>
+<para></para>
 
 </sect3>
 -@@
@@ -657,6 +668,15 @@ first character cannot be a number, however.</para>
 int
 validate_arguments ()
 {
+        /* check whether to load locally installed MIBS (CPU/disk intensive) */
+        if (miblist == NULL) {
+                if ( needmibs  == TRUE ) {
+                        miblist = strdup (DEFAULT_MIBLIST);
+                }else{
+                        miblist = "''";                 /* don't read any mib files for numeric oids */
+                }
+        }
+
 
         /* Need better checks to verify seclevel and authproto choices */
         
@@ -913,9 +933,11 @@ Check status of remote machines and obtain sustem information via SNMP\n\n"));
         /* OID Stuff */
         printf (_("\
  -o, --oid=OID(s)\n\
-    Object identifier(s) whose value you wish to query\n\
+    Object identifier(s) or SNMP variables whose value you wish to query\n\
  -m, --miblist=STRING\n\
-    List of MIBS to be loaded (default = ALL)\n -d, --delimiter=STRING\n\
+    List of MIBS to be loaded (default = none if using numeric oids or 'ALL'\n\
+                for symbolic oids.)\n\
+ -d, --delimiter=STRING\n\
     Delimiter to use when parsing returned data. Default is \"%s\"\n\
     Any data on the right hand side of the delimiter is considered\n\
     to be the data that should be used in the evaluation.\n"), DEFAULT_DELIMITER);