Re: Help, we lost access to our passwords

From: Frank Rodgers <frodgers_at_baytree.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:36:44 -0500
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.9911111526320.3577-100000@katie.vnet.net>

(1) Log into the NT Server as either Administrator or the Oracle Account (2) Run the Oracle Password File Utility as follows:

      orapwd73 file=<filename> password=<password> entries=<entries>

      <Filename> is probably $ORACLE_HOME\dbs\PWD<SID>.ORA 
                 It is a hidden file, so check this directory to see what
                 the exact name is
      <password> set this to whatever you want the new internal password
                 to be
      <entries> this is an optional parameter, set it to 5 or not at all

(3) Bring up srvmgr23; connect internal/password (password you specified in step 2)
(4) Change any oracle account passwords you need to with the

      alter user username identified by password     command.

Good luck.

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On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Lawrence M. Seldin, CMC, CPC wrote:

> I do not want to go into details....
>
> If I have physical access to our hardware, how can I reset the passwords for the following accounts.
> Please be very specific...The passwords have been changed without authority...
>
> We are running Oracle 7.3 on NT 4.0
>
> INTERNAL
> SYB
> SYSTEM
>
> TIA,
>
>
> Lawrence M. Seldin, CMC, CPC
> Author of POWER TIPS FOR THE APPLE NEWTON and INTRODUCTION TO CSP
> Author of RECRUITSOURCE PEOPLESOFT EXAM and RECRUITSOURCE SAP/R3 EXAM
>
> Note: my new email address: larry_at_seldin.net
> Note: my new web home page: www.seldin.net
>
>
Received on Thu Nov 11 1999 - 14:36:44 CST