Let net-snmp-create-v3-user save settings into /etc/ instead of /usr/ diff -up net-snmp-5.5/net-snmp-create-v3-user.in.orig net-snmp-5.5/net-snmp-create-v3-user.in --- net-snmp-5.5/net-snmp-create-v3-user.in.orig 2008-07-22 16:33:25.000000000 +0200 +++ net-snmp-5.5/net-snmp-create-v3-user.in 2009-09-29 16:30:36.000000000 +0200 @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ if test ! -d $outfile ; then touch $outfile fi echo $line >> $outfile -outfile="@datadir@/snmp/snmpd.conf" +outfile="/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf" line="$token $user" echo "adding the following line to $outfile:" echo " " $line