Placing password on Oracle Listener
- Article Type: General
- Product: Aleph
- Product Version: 16.02
Description:
How do I place a password on the Oracle Listener (TNSLSNTR set with no password on version 16.02)?
Resolution:
Open the $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/listener.ora file and locate the name of your listener.
For instance my listener has the default name LISTENER. I can see this in the following lines:
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
It is the line starting LISTENER= . Simply add a line to this file with the following format:
PASSWORDS_{LISTENER_NAME}=somesecretpassword
Additional Information
Oracle Listener, TNSLSNTR, passowrd
- Article last edited: 10/8/2013