Re: OID: forgot orcladmin password

On Apr 18, 9:43 am, yossarian <yossaria..._at_operamail.com> wrote:
> I wish to restore an old OID test system but I forgot the orcladmin
> password.
>
> I tried to google for that but I was able to find only this sentence:
>
> "You can reset the password in the database. The DSE root attribute name
> is orclsupassword."
>
> In the DS_ATTRSTORE table, the ATTRVAL value for
> ATTRNAME='orclsupassword' is a MD4 crypted string.
>
> Does someone know how to "reset the password in the database"?
>
> Thank you. Kind regards, Y.

According to the doco, you need to use the oidpassword utility. See
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_19/idmanage.1012/b15883/syntax_oiddb001.htm#OIMUR0202

oidpasswd has switches to reset the superuser password!

--
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA