Re: setting up listener on unix

Al,

Here is the common entry for the listener for Oracle:

listener        1521/tcp                        # Oracle listener

Port 1521 is the well known port for the Oracle 7 and Oracle 8 listeners. Just add it to the services file and you are all set.

All you will need on the client is the Net8 client binaries, and a tnsnames entry for your DB. Use the Net8 Easy Config tool for Windows, and the Oracle ODBC driver, and any of your apps should be able to connect.

One potential gotcha is the you may need to specify the domain as a part of the service name for the TNSNAMES connection. Use the format sid.domain where sid is you instance name and domain is the network domain you are working on.

Brent Tucker
Server Management and Design
www.servman.com
al wrote in message <37EA8D6A.8EB55A48_at_ibis.genetics.utah.edu>...
>Oracle Server 8.0.3
>Tru64 Unix
>AlphaServer 4100
>
>I'm trying to set up the listener on Compaq Tru64 Unix. It seems to
>start
>up ok and listens to the default port number but I assume that I must
>make
>an entry in /etc/services for this port and I can find no documentation
>on
>what that entry might be. I don't have the Net8 administrators guide
>yet
>so I'm just working off of on-line documentation.
>
>My goal is to be able to connect pc database applications, paradox,
>etc.,
>to the oracle server via odbc.
>
>If you can give some suggestions for /etc/services and any other tidbits
>about setting up for odbc I would appeciate it.
>
>Thanks,
>Al Tingey
>Computer Administrator
>University of Utah
>al_at_genetics.utah.edu
Received on Thu Sep 23 1999 - 16:16:56 CDT