Re: Password Aging?

From: Connor McDonald <mcdonald.connor.cs_at_bhp.com.au>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:08:53 +0800
Message-ID: <36DBAAA5.33CA@bhp.com.au>

SHANX wrote:
>
> Is this any different in Oracle 8.x?
>
> TIA
> Shanx
>
> Connor McDonald wrote:
> >
> > James wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Does anyone know how to implement password aging on a Oracle 7.x database?
> > > I seem to recall seeing somewhere that this was possible, but I can't
> > > remember where. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > You have to write your own with Oracle 7 - when they login , test the
> > date with the last time they changed their password (which you will need
> > to store) and proceed from there.....
> >
> > Cheers
> > --
> > ==============================================
> > Connor McDonald
> > BHP Information Technology
> > Perth, Western Australia
> > "Never wrestle a pig - you both get dirty and the pig likes it..."

Oracle 8 has a "full" password aging system - you can:

set expiry ,
account locking,
grace periods,
number of retries,
password complexity rules

etc etc

HTH
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Connor McDonald
BHP Information Technology
Perth, Western Australia
"Never wrestle a pig - you both get dirty and the pig likes it..." Received on Tue Mar 02 1999 - 03:08:53 CST