Problem with cli tool add_device.php

[jpmallory1]

I just spent far too much time chasing down an issue I was having with the add_device.php cli tool.

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# php add_device.php --description=server1 --ip=10.10.10.1 --version=3 --username=SNMPUSER --password=STUFF --authproto=SHA --privpass=OTHERSTUFF --privproto=AES
Adding server1 (10.10.10.1) as "Net-SNMP Device" using SNMP v3 with community "public"
ERROR: Failed to add this device

The problem is here: --privproto=AES
The accepted syntax is: --privproto=AES128

This isn't explained in the help page, nor does the script reject "AES" as invalid. Also, in the gui, the dropdown displays a value of "AES" which is why I expected that to be the proper value. And since my google searches failed to turn up anything for this, I had to dig into the code to find the answer.

So I'm posting this here in hopes it will save someone else some time.

[netniV]

You should raise that as an issue to be fixed on GitHub. Good find/diagnosis btw!