Re: Lost Password problem

Thanks for the help.

I'll try this out over the next day or two and be back if I need assistance.

MThomas

"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3D8F8AC3.98A882CF_at_exesolutions.com...
> MThomas wrote:
>
> > Sorry I forgot to add that the machine is running MS Windows 2000
Server.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > MThomas
> >
> > "Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> > news:3D8F3D37.9BF2DFE2_at_exesolutions.com...
> > > MThomas wrote:
> > >
> > > > Good morning:
> > > >
> > > > We are curently evaluating Oracle 9i and due to circumstances have
lost
> > the
> > > > password (the SYS account) to log into the Oracle Management Server.
Is
> > > > there a method by which to recover the password or to access the
server?
> > > >
> > > > Barring that is there a way to export a schems without connecting to
the
> > > > Management Server. recovery of the schema would allow for the
> > > > reinstallation of Oracle and the subsequent resetting of the
password.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your help,
> > > >
> > > > MThomas
> > >
> > > What operating system?
> > >
> > > Daniel Morgan
> > >
>
> Go to $ORACLE_HOME\bin and run oradim as follows:
>
> oradim -EDIT -SID <your sid name> -INTPWD <your new password>
>
> You can also use oradim to delete the existing Windows service and create
a new
> one pointing to the same database.
>
> To do any of this you must be able to access the server with the same ID
as that
> under which Oracle was installed.
>
> Daniel Morgan
>
Received on Tue Sep 24 2002 - 15:30:34 CDT