Re: Newbie 2: Documented initial SYS password incorrect...

> >
> > First, thank you for reading my 'Message in the bottle'.
> >
> > I downloaded Personal Oracle 7 so that I can start teaching myself.
> > However, I am unable to get the proceedural installed because I cannot
> > login as SYS.
> >
> > The documentation states that the initial SYS account's password is
> > 'CHANGE_ON_INSTALL'. Unfortunantly, this is not working. I'm assuming
> > that this is soley a reminder to the DBA to change the password. Perhaps, I
> > am wrong in this assumption.
> >

Well, if you created the database using the CREATE DATABASE command, the default password for SYS is certainly CHANGE_ON_INSTALL. But I've found that for first time installations, it may prompt you for SYS's password. In this case, you pick one that you'll remember. So it really depends on how the database was created. Oh yes, the idea behind the CHANGE_ON_INSTALL is to remind you to change the password once your installation is completed. As you've discovered, the password is well documented so change it at once!

HTH,
Leng. Received on Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00:00 CST