Re: Lost Database internal password

If you want to guess, try oracle or sys to see if they work as the internal password.

Van

<sybrandb_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8rsaor$o9i$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <39E18A58.DC8F533E_at_kedros.com>,
> Jerome Gransac <jgransac_at_kedros.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I did a database on NT4.0 with Oracle 8.15i
> > I wanted to evoluate from Oracle 8.15i to 8.16i.
> > When i have to give informations about the data base, one of these is
> > the password.
> > When I have created, I don't remember i gave an internal password to
> > this database.
> > How can I get this password now ?
> >
> > There is a file "PWDmpdata.ora" which seems to be the file which
> > contains pwd about this database (mpdata).
> >
> > Many thx for informations.
> >
> > Jerome
> >
> >
> Which isn't readable.
> The password is *hardcoded* in your strtmpdata.cmd file.
> Alternatively use the orapwd utility just to override the password.
>
> Hth,
>
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Received on Mon Oct 09 2000 - 14:34:16 CDT