Chris, I take it that you don't have any Unix servers or = workstations/desktops? Rich -----Original Message----- From: Chris Welton [mailto:Chris_Welton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:25 PM Subject: RE: Solution to 100's of Oracle clients installed with Net8and local tnsnames.ora, sqlnet.ora Paula, Niall, Rich,=20 If you are using Windows based clients and Windows based network authentication you may want to consider using the Microsoft Distributed File System technology (DFS) in tandem with the Oracle TNS_ADMIN [snip] -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l