Re: Verifying passwords have been changed in oracle

I.A. Saez <i.a.saez.scheihingGEENSPAM_at_tue.nl> wrote:
> In both options you will have to log in the database (using system or sys).

Yes, "connect / as sysdba". I'll be running this from an account in the dba group.
> So, if the installer
> changed the password you will be able to login using the passwords you expect

I don't want successful or failed login attempts to be made, if possible, since these will be auditted and cause questions to be made.

> About option 2: in our 8i and 7343 databases (I'm not sure about 9i) the
> encryption of system's password is the same . If you know the encryption of
> manager in a database then you know the encryption in any database.

So the encryption is the same over all databases? Hmm... that's a possibility then; work out the hex string and test that. Should be easy to verify. Thanks!

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