Re: Oracle 8i + Terminal Services on Win2k Server - it is possible?

"Paul Drake" <drak0nian_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1ac7c7b3.0301142319.33c9cb9a_at_posting.google.com...
> Greetings, all.
>
> back in the day of 8.1.7, svrmgrl used bequeath - along with the
> utilities lsnrctl, namesctl and cmanctl.

Good point. Admittedly I rarely use these (read never for the last two) and then only to stop and start the service which can be done from control panel or a net start/net stop command, but point taken.

> I see bequeath and MS Terminal Services incompatibilities to a be a
> blessing.
> Why would you want to have to support users running software on the
> console, virtual or otherwise - of an oracle server?

I think the problem is if your business is that of being a remote DBA either in-house or otherwise. Users definitely belong at the end of a client but DBA tasks require console acccess (generally).

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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