I had the same problem. Try using the oradim80.exe command line
utility. Unfortunately, at least on our installations (NT on DEC ALPHAs)
the thing is kind of flaky. Sometimes you have to run it to or three
times for it to take, or if you wait a day or two after running it, it
suddenly, magically takes effect. Hope it helps.
Joe Long
Sam Petitto wrote:
>
> I understand from previous posts that the Internal user in version 8
> exists only for backwards compatability. There are no older versions
> on my site than 8.1.5. I had been using internal/oracle for DBA level
> access because I had not yet set up any DBA users. Last week, after
> using OEM to change the default installation passwords, I somehow
> deleted the "Internal" user. I didn't change Internal's password
> because it wasn't listed as a user in OEM. When I logged on as SYS or
> System I could not ALTER user Internal's password because now "User
> does not exist". Questions:
> 1. Do I need to create another, since we have no backward
> compatability requirement ?
> 2. If yes, can I use OEM Security Manager and do "Create like SYS" or
> "Create like System" ?
> All suggestions and comments welcomed.
>
> TIA
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