To have snmpd start at boot time, you must edit ${SYSCONFDIR}/snmp/snmpd.conf and add the following lines to /etc/rc.local: if [ -x ${PREFIX}/sbin/snmpd ]; then echo -n ' snmpd'; ${PREFIX}/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.