[Nagiosplug-help] check_snmp: SNMPv3 + authPriv: Best place to specify the password?

[Thomas Karcher]

Hi,

as I mentioned in my message before, I'm monitoring over the Internet
and therefore I use SNMPv3 with authPriv.

Everything works fine, nagios with check_snmp works well. But one thing
is not very nice: With SNMPv3 with authPriv, there are passwords.

What's the best place to specify the password in the nagios
configuration?

Because: If I don't want to have a common user and transport password
for all monitored hosts, I have to specify for each host and for each
service a check command that includes the password. The other
possibility is to pass the password as a parameter from services.cfg -
but both possibilities result in specifying a host depending password
very often at different places ...
 
(Am I asking this on the right list?)


Thanks for your hints,
best regards,
Thomas