Re: INTERNAL Password

Dear Paul!

I suggest you find out the internal passwd in a .cmd file called startorcl.cmd (or something like this), located in ORACLE_HOME/DATABASE. It is used to start the DB Services and Instance, and looks like:

d:\orant\bin\oradim73.exe -startup -sid ORCL -usrpwd <my_internal_passwd> -starttype srvc,inst -pfile d:\orant\database\initorcl.ora

If you canīt find that file, there is an .exe in the oracle_home\bin called orapwd73 (or something like this)- with it you should be able to change the passwd (although i never tried it).
And by the way you can try your SYS password.

werner
Paul Rosenthal wrote:

> I have an old database on NT4 that I have inherited, and don't want to keep
> at all.
>
> I am trying to delete with Oracle Database Assistant.
>
> It needs the internal password.
>
> I don't know it - it isn't "oracle"
>
> I have confirmed this by trying to connect to this database with server
> manager.
>
> I do know the sys and system passwords though, if this helps.
>
> Can I either (a) find out the password, or (b) change the internal password.
>
> Alternatively, can I "remove" a database using server manager connected as
> SYS?
>
> All suggestions most welcome.
>
> Paul Rosenthal
> paul.rosenthal_at_fastrack-it.co.uk
Received on Wed Jul 29 1998 - 04:14:01 CDT