Python and snmpset with netsnmp

On the linux command line, centos 7, I can to do this to change an snmp setting on a device. snmpset -v 2c -c private 172.16.1.2 .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 s new_name With python and netsnmp I can read the values I just cannot seem to change them. import netsnmp line = "172.16.1.2" snmp_string = "private" oid = netsnmp.Varbind('.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0') result = netsnmp.snmpget(oid, Version = 2, DestHost=line, Community=snmp_string) print result The above works fine to read the value can anyone tell me how to write to the value with python preferably using netsnmp?