Re: Sql*Net V2 - client configuration question.
Date: 1995/12/15
Message-ID: <4asehv$re9_at_northshore.shore.net>#1/1
Tony Sampson <sampson_at_dtf.sa.gov.au> writes:
>Mark,
>I think the issue is where the system thinks oracle_home is, usually in either C:\ORANT
>or C:\ORAWIN on an nt workstation. I guess in a network installation it considers this
>location to be <network drive letter>\ORAWIN.
>The tnsnames.ora file is searched for in <ORACLE_HOME>\network\admin.
>On the surface of it I don't see a way to have a local sql*net installation with a
>non-local tnsnames.ora as the installation neccesarily decides where the file will be
>looked for.
>There does not seem to be an entry in oracle.ini that points to where this file resides
>i.e: there is no reference (on my system) to C:\ORAWIN\network\admin.
>Have you considered using SMS or something similar to distribute the file to the
>workstations when you have to update it?
>Anyone else?
>cheers,
You can use NFS-mounted tnsnames.ora on the server pointed to by clients via the TNS_ADMIN environment variable. Or you can copy the file locally. Whatever. Received on Fri Dec 15 1995 - 00:00:00 CET