> Source: [sk182300](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk182300)

# sk182300 - SNMPD process fails to start after deleting an interface

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk182300 |
| Date Created | 2024-06-02 |
| Last Modified | 2024-06-23 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * After deleting an interface on the Security Gateway, the SNMPD process fails to start with the `"set snmp agent off/on"` commands.

* The */var/log/messages* file has similar logs:  

  `snmpd: cprd/snmp_igmp.c-init_snmp_igmp (start) `  
  `
  snmpd: init_vrrp called `  
  `
  snmpd: init_coldstartTrap: snmp_alarm_register `  
  `
  xpand[14638]: Configuration changed from localhost by user admin by the service /usr/sbin/snmpd `  
  `
  snmpd: Destroying the lists of sensors `  
  `
  pm[14619]: Reaped: snmpd[4616] `  
  `
  pm[14619]: Scheduled snmpd for +900 secs `

* A log in the */var/log/messages* file shows that an interface was removed before the SNMPD logs, for example:  

  `xpand[14638]: log info: objectName: Interfaces,administrator: admin, operation: Delete Object, facility: Web-UI, message: Deleted IP Address xx.xx.xx.xx on logical interface (eth1) `

* The above deleted interface is no longer on the "Gaia \> System Management \> SNMP \> Agent Interface" list anymore.

* The Gaia database still has the deleted interface attached to the SNMP configuration, for example:  

  `[Expert@HostName]# cat /config/active | grep snmp:bind_if `  
  `
  snmp:bind_if:lo t `  
  `
  snmp:bind_if:eth1 t `  
  `
  snmp:bind_if:eth0 t `

## Cause

The entry of the deleted interface still exist in the Gaia Database.

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