RE: password

Yes <sigh> your correct... I should have tested that before posting....

What I ment was something like this

>From dbahandbook pg 418

Becomeuser.sql
set pagesize 0 feedback off verify off echo off term out off spool C:\reset.sql
select ' alter user &&1 identified by values ' ||''''|| password||''''||' profile '||profile||';' from dba_users where username = upper ('&&1') ; spool off;

C:\reset.sql
alter user someuser identified by values '48D0175ECBDE45B0' profile DEFAULT; I was thinking about one of our user tables....

bob

>
> on a TEST database.... go ahead and try that
>
> you can't update dba_users that way
>
>
> --- Bob Metelsky <bmetelsky_at_cps92.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes that's rite I cant use D4C5016086B2DC6A as the password
> >
> > But...
> >
> > I can
> > SQL> alter user bob identified by newpassword ;
> >
> > Log on as bob and make any changes I want then...
> >
> > SQL> Update dba_users set password = 'D4C5016086B2DC6A' where user =
> > bob
> > ;
> >
> > Bob doen not know his account has been modified
> >
> > I know that's not what he asked but... I havent threw in my
> 2cts in a
> > while ;-> And this could prove useful from time to time....
> >
> >
> > bob
> >
> >
> > > Yes, but that is not what he asked.
> > >
> > > Try logging in with the value from dba_users. ;)
> > >
> > > Jared
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Bob Metelsky" <bmetelsky_at_cps92.com>
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> > > 12/17/2002 10:14 AM
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> > >
> > >
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > cc:
> > > Subject: RE: password
> > >
> > >
> > > How about
> > >
> > > select username, password from dba_users;
> > >
> > > USERNAME PASSWORD
> > > ------------------------------ ------------------------
> > > SYS D4C5016086B2DC6A
> > > SYSTEM D4DF7931AB130E37
> > >
> > > This is part of the becomeuser script where you can change
> > > and then reset the password for a user
> > >
> > > spool C:\reset.sql
> > >
> > > select ' alter user &&1 identified by values ' ||''''||
> > > password||''''||' profile '||profile||';'
> > > from dba_users where username = upper ('&&1') ;
> > > spool off;
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > bob
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > You can't.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "faisal ahmad" <faisalahmad4u_at_hotmail.com>
> > > > Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
> > > > 12/16/2002 08:09 PM
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> > > >
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> > > > cc:
> > > > Subject: password
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > how can a dba see the password of a user.
> > > >
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