topic SNMPv3 read-only permission in General Topics

SNMPv3 read-only permission

PaloAlto_100 — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:22:18 GMT

hello all,

i'm trying to create snmpv3 user account with read-only permission but when i went through the option on GUI there was nothing about specifying the permission whether it's read-only or read & write.

i would really appreciate the help.

Re: SNMPv3 read-only permission

S.Cantwell — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:15:27 GMT

Hello

Is this still an outstanding issue for you.

To the best of my knowledge, you would create the readonly account in SNMP within your network mgt utility.

On the PANW FW, you are merely creating an record/config that will use the snmp account name created on the snmp application.

there is no ability to create a local snmpv3 account on the FW. We are sending traps TO the snmp app.

Unless I misunderstood your query.

Re: SNMPv3 read-only permission

johannes4711 — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 07:37:29 GMT

I think the question was whether or not you can set the SNMP stuff on the Palo to be "read-only" or "read & write". Within the GUI, there is no option to specify this.

Since it is called "SNMP Monitoring", I suspect that an SNMP user can only *read*, though not explicitly stated.