SQL Server linked servers screens SSMS

Where in SSMS can you get to the "linked server" screen for configuration details for existing linked servers, as opposed to setting up a new linked server, I want to check the security tab via the software GUI as opposed to running SQL. I cant
see where you can see them, I know from memory when setting up a new linked server there is a "general", "security" and "server options" tabs, so I assume you can see all of those for already created linked servers.

Check Server Objects --> Linked Servers in SSMS object explorer.
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I'm trying to make that jump over to Oracle. One of the things I am doing is replicating everything I do in MS SQL 2005 to Oracle 10g. In Microsoft, I pull data from AS/400 through a linked server. I'm having trouble finding anything on the web on this, but I think I'm using the wrong terms. So I have two questions.
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OS -WS2008 R2-64
I realize that the problems I'm experiencing are not one’s everyday’s activities and are falling quite astray of the regular Oracle dba work.
There is no other place to post but here as the MS SQL Server forums were not able to provide any solution so far.
I hope somebody could have experienced similar issues and could have solutions or at least to point to the right direction.
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Solaris is 64-bit
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Oracle's OLE DB - as OraOLEDB.Oracle
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We have a SQL Server instance with a linked server to Oracle 9i. When doing a select * (from Oracle) into some_table everything works as expected.
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