I am getting a peculiar error when using Net::SNMP and sending a community string to a remote device.

[2 extra after iSEQ]C=private [asnlen? 26<32] (DF)

I'm not sure what the 2 extra is referring to.The variable is being set via:

## set the v1/2c specific session traits
$snmp_options{community} = $xml->{node}->{$args->{host}}->{snmp}->[0]-
+>{community}->[0]
                        || $xml->{snmp}->[0]->{community}->[0];

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however, when I remove the entry from xml file and let the value be set explicitly, such as in...

## set the v1/2c specific session traits
$snmp_options{community} = $xml->{node}->{$args->{host}}->{snmp}->[0]-
+>{community}->[0]
                        || $xml->{snmp}->[0]->{community}->[0]
                        || "private";

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All works well and the community is sent correctly. I've tried chop/chomping the $xml value to see if a newline might be causing the issue.

My XML file is pretty straightforward since it is just for testing


<global>
  <node id="router">
    <snmp>
      <version>1</version>
      <retries>1</retries>
      <wait>5.0</wait>
      <mtu>1500</mtu>
      <debug>0</debug>
      <community>private</community>
    </snmp>
    <tftp>
      <server>10.6.21.230</server>
    </tftp>
  </node>
</global>

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My gut reaction is to think that there must be something wrong with the XML file, but I just dont see anything incorrect with it. Would there be something be conveyed though the XML variable that I am missing?

thanks -c

Edited: ~Mon Jul 8 15:49:33 2002 (GMT), by footpad:
Replaced typed brackets with numeric entities in sample data

In reply to Setting variable explicitly using Net::SNMP works, but assigning through another variable does not by c

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