Snmpd Service Status Shows "Can't find directory of RPM packages" OEL 9

 One of the oracle linux service is encountering error saying cannot file directory of the RPM packages.

# systemctl status snmpd

● snmpd.service - Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Daemon.

     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/snmpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)

     Active: active (running) since  2024-03-13 16:24:10 <Tz>; 4s ago

   Main PID: 6061 (snmpd)

      Tasks: 1 (limit: 10913)

     Memory: 11.1M

        CPU: 61ms

     CGroup: /system.slice/snmpd.service

             └─6061 /usr/sbin/snmpd -LS0-6d -f

 

Mar 13 16:11:25 <hostname> systemd[1]: Starting Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Daemon....

Mar 13 16:11:25 <hostname> snmpd[6061]: Can't find directory of RPM packages

Mar 13 16:11:25  <hostname> snmpd[6061]: NET-SNMP version 5.9.1

Mar 13 16:11:25  <hostname> systemd[1]: Started Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Daemon..

 

OEL 9, the RPM database switched from Berkeley DB to SQLite. The snmpd still searches for /var/lib/rpm/Packages which doesn’t exists on the system.

Conclusion:

This error can be safely ignored and this issue has been fixed in net-snmp package version 5.9.1-11.0.3.el9_3.1 or higher.

Thanks for reading :)

regards,

ZAHEER