Re: password file question

Looks like that is correct. Thank you.

In article <8tqla2$5ba$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   buckeye714_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> In article <8tqai6$s9a$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> maleform_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> > I am new to Oracle and am trying to understand how Oracle determines
> > where the password file for a particular database SID is located and
> > what the name of it is. I assumed it may be something in the pfile
 but
> > did not see anything. How exactly does 8i know where the password
 file
> > is located and what its name is? Thanks very much.
> >
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> >
> If I am not mistaken, it has to be referenced in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs, at
> least on UNIX. On most of our databases, the password file is in the
> pfile directory, but we have a link in the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory
> that points to it.
>
> HTH,
> Patrick
>
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Before you buy. Received on Tue Nov 28 2000 - 09:01:54 CST