Oracle 8, Oracle Name Server, and Global Database Links

I've just noticed that Oracle 8 when used in conjunction with Oracle Name Server, provides 'Global Database Links':

SQL*Plus: Release 8.0.3.0.0 - Production on Tue Jul 7 18:16:24 1998

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Connected to:
Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.4.0.0 - Production With the Partitioning, Objects and Parallel Server options PL/SQL Release 8.0.4.0.0 - Production

SQL> select * from all_db_links;
[there are no db links that this account can see]
no rows selected

SQL> desc some_table_at_gpd_tst
ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied ORA-02063: preceding line from GPD_TST
[gpd_tst being another database id on a totally seperate server]

Anyway, this is all well and good, but is there some way of qualifying the user that the remote database should be connected to?

Jon Waland
Vodafone Ltd. Received on Tue Jul 07 1998 - 12:18:42 CDT