Re: Lost Sys / Internal password

remote_login_passwordfile parameter is used for password authentication.It can contain any of these 3 values 1)EXCLUSIVE 2) SHARED 3) NONE.

1)EXCLUSIVE means only one instance can use the password file and it can contain other names,other than SYS and INTERNAL.

2)SHARED means many instances can recognize the password file, but only SYS and INTERNAL users will be recognized

3)NONE means it does not use the password file for authentication,it uses OS authentication.

Finally, oracle passwords are created using the utility orapwd. It has the options to create a new password file (if it does not exist), the "key" used to encrypt the passwords, and finally you can add each user in the file by specifying the username and password.

Warm Regards,

Manav.

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 5:48 AM

> Hi All,
>
> Just a few thought questions on 8i
>
> Lets assume that I change the Sys/Internal password and forget it. What
will
> happen if....
>
> 1. I'm using remote_login_passwordfile = exclusive
> 2. remote_login_passwordfile=shared
>
> Can i simply shutdown the instance change the parameter from exclusive to
> none. restart and connect as internal on the local machine?
>
> Can i recreate the password file giving the new password?
>
> Regards,
> Naveen
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