Listener.ora
vi Editor Commands Reference for Oracle DBAs
May 20, 2026 / · 6 min read · vi Unix Oracle Administration init.ora listener.ora tnsnames.ora Text Editor DBA Tools Command Line ·vi Editor Commands Reference for Oracle DBAs Every Oracle DBA on Unix or Linux ends up in vi whether they planned to or not. It opens by default when you crontab -e, it is what visudo drops you into, and it is the editor on most Oracle Linux and AIX hosts before anyone has installed nano or configured EDITOR. Knowing …
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Apr 30, 2026 / · 6 min read · Oracle Database SQL*Net listener.ora Oracle Net Oracle DBA Database Connectivity extproc Listener ·Sample listener.ora with Static SID_LIST and Extproc Purpose The listener.ora file is the server-side configuration for the Oracle Net listener — the process that accepts incoming client connections and hands them off to a database server process. The sample below — taken straight from the shutdownabort.com DBA Quick …
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