REPOST: Re: Can I stop someone changing their password ?

Actually you can stop someone from changing their own password. But it requires creating a password function as part of the profile that only allows a single password to be used ... and if they can't guess it ... they can't change it.

Daniel Morgan

Norman Dunbar wrote:

> Hi Sybrand,
>
> You have confirmed what we thought. Scotland Yard will indeed have to be
> called in :o)
>
> Regards,
> Norman.
>
> PS. My sig doesn't have the 'rehards' or the 'regrads' on it, I have
> dyslexic fingers when I type that word. I very rarely get it right,
> until after I hit the send button :o(
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl (Sybrand Bakker)
> [mailto:postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl]
> Posted At: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:35 PM
> Posted To: server
> Conversation: Can I stop someone changing their password ?
> Subject: Re: Can I stop someone changing their password ?
>
> Norman Dunbar <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:<E2F6A70FE45242488C865C3BC1245DA79D89B4_at_lnewton.leeds.lfs.co.uk>...
> > Strange question time again :
> >
> > Server : Solaris 7
> > Oracle : 8.1.7.2.0
> >
> >
> <SNIP>
> >
> > Rehards,
> > Norman.
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----
> > Norman Dunbar EMail: Norman.Dunbar_at_LFS.co.uk
> > Database/Unix administrator Phone: 0113 289 6265
> > Fax: 0113 289 3146
> > Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----
>
> Hi Norman,
>
> You can not prevent users from changing their own password, as you
> don't need to have alter user privilege for this. Apparently the
> purpretator does know the current password.
> Time to call in Scotland Yard, I guess.
>
> BTW you might want to change your sig.
> The 'rehards' is quite funny and evidently part of it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA

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