Fixing 'snmpd[19784]: error on subcontainer 'ia_addr' insert (-1)' messages
The default configuration of snmpd on Debian has debug level logging enabled and thus we end up with a constant flood of these messages in /var/log/syslog
snmpd[19784]: error on subcontainer 'ia_addr' insert (-1)
The fix is to lower the logging level, which can be accomplished like this on systems with systemd:
cp /lib/systemd/system/snmpd.service /etc/systemd/system/snmpd.service sed -i 's/Lsd/LS6d/' /etc/systemd/system/snmpd.service systemctl daemon-reload systemctl restart snmpd
On systems without systemd, the logging level is set by the init script (unless explicitly configured in /etc/default/snmpd), and can be changed like this:
sed -i 's/Lsd/LS6d/g' /etc/default/snmpd sed -i 's/Lsd/LS6d/g' /etc/init.d/snmpd service snmpd restart