Assume that the configuration is in /etc/snmp, instead of /usr/share/snmp diff -up net-snmp-5.4.1/net-snmp-config.in.backup_patch_6 net-snmp-5.4.1/net-snmp-config.in --- net-snmp-5.4.1/net-snmp-config.in.backup_patch_6 2007-06-30 00:18:27.000000000 +0200 +++ net-snmp-5.4.1/net-snmp-config.in 2008-07-25 12:53:19.000000000 +0200 @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ else fi echo $line >> $outfile - outfile="@datadir@/snmp/snmpd.conf" + outfile="/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf" line="$token $user" echo "adding the following line to $outfile:" echo " " $line