Jim wrote:

> I installed snmp snmpd mrtg and have read the documentation although I
> have not been able to get snmp working.  When I snmpwalk localhost
> public I recieve an error.
> 
> snmpwalk localhost public
> snmpwalk: No securityName specified
> 
> 
> Basically I want to set up my debian box to do something as basic as
> keeping track of my cpu utilization or network usage with mrtg.  
> 
> I am a snmp newbie so that is what is making this more difficult.

I'm also a newb, but you might want to specify an snmp version

e.g. snmpwalk -v1 -c public localhost

and see what happens.