Oracle Net Configuration Assistant - Oracle Database B10772-01 Administrator's Manual

Enterprise User Security Configuration and Management Tools
Oracle Net Configuration Assistant
Oracle Net Configuration Assistant is a wizard-based tool that has a graphical user
interface. It is primarily used to configure basic Oracle Net network components,
such as listener names and protocol addresses. It also enables you to configure your
Oracle home for directory server usage. The latter use is what makes this tool
important for configuring Enterprise User Security.
If you use Domain Name System (DNS) discovery (automatic domain name
lookup) to locate Oracle Internet Directory on your network, then this tool is not
necessary. Note that using DNS discovery is the recommended configuration. See
Oracle Internet Directory Administrator's Guide for information about this
configuration.
If you have not configured DNS discovery of Oracle Internet Directory on your
network, then you must use Oracle Net Configuration Assistant to create an
ldap.ora file for your Oracle home before you can register a database with the
directory. Your database uses the ldap.ora file to locate the correct Oracle Internet
Directory server on your network. This configuration file contains the hostname,
port number, and identity management realm information for your directory
server.
Starting Oracle Net Configuration Assistant
To start Oracle Net Configuration Assistant:
2-32 Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide
See Also:
"Duties of an Enterprise User Security Administrator/DBA"
page 2-35 for a list of tasks that can be performed with
Enterprise Security Manager and Enterprise Security Manager
Console.
Chapter 13, "Administering Enterprise User Security"
detailed information about how to use Enterprise Security
Manager and Enterprise Security Manager Console to
administer enterprise users.
(UNIX) From $ORACLE_HOME/bin, enter the following at the command line:
netca
(Windows) Choose Start > Programs > Oracle-HOME_NAME > Configuration
and Migration Tools > Net Configuration Assistant
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