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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:55:08 -0800, Mark Bole <makbo_at_pacbell.net> wrote:
> You are most likely not operating in a vacuum, in that you probably
> already have existing DNS domains or Windows domains or NIS domains or
> some other type of domain in place... so consider first just mirroring
> that: make the domain of each database the same as the dominant
> administrative domain that the machine itself lives in.
I'd entirely agree, but be aware that not all valid DNS domains are valid domains for Oracle. Our particular problem is the hyphen character.
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Fri Mar 04 2005 - 04:20:10 CST