On 01/27/2004 05:13:43 PM, "Bellow, Bambi" wrote: > Hi Guys! > > It's that time of year again... license renewals... and we need to > find out > who has what on their PCs. Has anyone found a way to figure out who > in the > corporation has an unregistered copy of Oracle, or how to spot > someone > installing Oracle on their PC? I'm thinking cloak-and-dagger > stuff... > somehow I can visualize Mladen in a fedora... I used to solve that problem using tnsping. If a machine that wasn't supposed to have oracle installed, responded to tnsping, then the culprit would have to eat food prepared by yours truly. I know that it's inhuman, but it was very efficient. And I do like fedoras, especially the model worn by Freddy Kruger. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA ------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -------------------------------------------------------------