To have snmpd start at boot time, you must edit ${SYSCONFDIR}/snmp/snmpd.conf and uncomment the following in /etc/rc.local. #if [ -x /usr/local/sbin/snmpd ]; then # echo -n ' snmpd'; /usr/local/sbin/snmpd #fi This will start snmpd and use ${SYSCONFDIR}/snmp/snmpd.conf for the configuration. The snmpconf tool can be used to help edit your configuration files. See snmpconf(1), snmpd(8), and snmpd.conf(5) for more options.