Re: SNMP host got changed somehow

Hello tdnnash25,

If you talk about the SNMP in the services.msc this can also be changed here
from any account that is able to change services on that server.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Somehow, my "Allow snmp packets from these hosts" got changed to an
> incorrect IP address. As far as I know, the only way this can get
> changed is by editing this key:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\SNMP\Paramete rs\PermittedManagers
>
> However, the only people with access to our domain controllers were
> not on the systems at the time this happened. We quickly resolved
> matters by changing the value to the correct IP and restarting SNMP.
>
> I'm just trying to find out if anyone else has had this problem? Could
> Windows Updates somehow mess with this?
>