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Re: Help: How is password hashed in Oracle?

From: Evan <eehrenh_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 15:34:59 -0400
Message-ID: <e3dl13$qei$1@leto.cc.emory.edu>


gazzag wrote:
>>Why not do this:
>>
>>spool test_password.sql
>>SELECT 'CONNECT '||username||'/'||username FROM dba_users;
>>spool off
>>spool test_password.out
>>@test_password
>>spool off
>>
>>This will attempt to connect to every user with the password as their
>>username. Review the test_password.out file to see if you were able to
>>connect.

> 
> 
> This is a good example of how we can sometimes try to over-complicate
> things; the simplest solutions are invariably the best :-)
> 

I add a "select 'USER='||username from user_users;". This lets me grep for 'USER=' to clearly show the lines. Received on Thu May 04 2006 - 14:34:59 CDT

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