A configuration file that contains parameter settings for an Oracle Names server.
The names.ora file must reside in one of the following locations:
The directory specified
by the TNS_ADMIN
environment variable If the TNS_ADMIN
environment variable is not defined as a variable on Windows NT, it may
be in the registry.
The node's global configuration
directory. For Sun Solaris, this directory
is /var/opt/oracle
. Windows NT does not have a central directory.
The $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
directory on UNIX or the ORACLE_HOME\network\admin
directory on Windows operating systems.