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Re: 8i Personal password problem

From: Alex Ivascu <alex_at_ivascu.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 04:59:23 GMT
Message-ID: <LgjN7.141466$xe.39888720@typhoon.we.rr.com>


Not sure what you've tried. But, the orapwd utility seems to work for me. Have you tried deleting and re-creating the PWDsid.ora file in the %ORACLE_HOME%\database directory?

Hope this helps -- some.

Alex Ivascu
Oracle/SQL DBA



"Mitchell Blue" <mitchell.blue_at_infoworks-tn.com> wrote in message news:3C051798.A2D387B1_at_infoworks-tn.com...
> I have seen other similar questions here, but none of the answers fix my
> problem. When starting 8i Personl Edition as Oracle is "Checking
> security..." a box pops up that says "Password:". There is no username
> or anything else, simply Password. Does anybody know what the magically
> password is? I have tried every imaginable default password Oracle has.
> What causes this problem? How to fix? Thanks.
>
> Mitchell
>
Received on Wed Nov 28 2001 - 22:59:23 CST

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