Re: Changing Oracle passwords by end users

From: Pierre Hollard <z52289_at_mip.lasc.lockheed.com>
Date: 7 Dec 1994 13:48:33 GMT
Message-ID: <3c4efh$c84_at_pong.lasc.lockheed.com>


In article <3c1iu3$8d5_at_news.xs4all.nl>, schaaph_at_xs1.xs4all.nl (schaaph) writes:
: Hello world,
:
: has anybody ever tried to do the following for changing the Oracle password:
: - Let the user enter the old password en the new password twice.
: - The program should check the old password (to prevent a joker from
: changing the password on a deserted workstation)
: - The program should check if the two new entries are equal
: - The program should alter the password.
:
: Setup:
: Forms 3.0, Menu 5.0, Plus 3.1 on MS-DOS clients, Oracle 7.0 (on RS-6000).
:
:
: I would appreciate any pointer,
:
: Teijo Doornkamp (doornkampt_at_vertis.nl)

Why not use OS authentication (OPS$ accounts) instead?

Pierre. Received on Wed Dec 07 1994 - 14:48:33 CET

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