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Oracle Net8 Configuration and Troubleshooting By Jonathan Gennick, Hugo Toledo
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Part IV: Appendixes
The tnsnames.ora file is a text file used by Net8 to resolve net service names when local naming is used. By default, tnsnames.ora resides in the $ORACLE_HOME/network /admin directory.
Understanding the syntax used for tnsnames.ora entries is a key requirement for using almost any Net8 functionality. The same syntax used to define net service names in tnsnames.ora is also used to define net service names when Oracle Names or an LDAP-based repository such as the Oracle Internet Directory is used for name resolution.