# How can I disable snmpd ia\_addr insert messages?

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**Category:** Services\
**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://linux-tips.com/t/how-can-i-disable-snmpd-ia-addr-insert-messages/281 "2015-09-23T09:56:54Z")\
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This problem related with the log level start options of `snmpd` service.

On Debian based systems, start options configured through `/etc/default/snmpd` file and it has following default settings:

```auto
SNMPDOPTS='-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -g snmp -I -smux,mteTrigger,mteTriggerConf -p /run/snmpd.pid'

```

With the above configuration, snmpd service sends all the logs including **LOG\_DEBUG** to syslog.

You need to change minimum loglevel parameter as **LOG\_INFO** to fix this problem.

To do this, change `-Lsd` parts of the `SNMPDOPTS` as `-LS6d`:

```
$ sudo sed -i "s|-Lsd|-LS6d|" /etc/default/snmpd

```

If you want to change loglevel as **LOG\_ERROR** and above, you can use `-LS3d`.

Snmpd’s startup logging parameters a little complex. You may need to look at **LOGGING OPTIONS** section of [man snmpcmd](http://manpages.org/snmpcmd).

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