Add documentation about listening on port < 1024 (#6785)

2019-12-11 11:23:51 -07:00
parent 05cefe61bd
commit 61fbc68279
2 changed files with 35 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/plugins/inputs/snmp_trap/snmp_trap.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/snmp_trap/snmp_trap.go
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ var sampleConfig = `
  ## Transport, local address, and port to listen on.  Transport must
  ## be "udp://".  Omit local address to listen on all interfaces.
  ##   example: "udp://127.0.0.1:1234"
-  # service_address = udp://:162
+  ##
+  ## Special permissions may be required to listen on a port less than
+  ## 1024.  See README.md for details
+  ##
+  # service_address = "udp://:162"
  ## Timeout running snmptranslate command
  # timeout = "5s"
 `