Re: Changing Oracle passwords by end users

: In article <3c1iu3$8d5_at_news.xs4all.nl> I wrote:
: >From: schaaph_at_xs1.xs4all.nl (schaaph)
: >Subject: Changing Oracle passwords by end users
: >Date: 6 Dec 1994 11:46:10 GMT
 

: >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,

Lawrence James (James.Lawrence_at_epamail.epa.gov) wrote:

: You've got SQLForms, make a form that does that!
 

: Lawrence....

You make it sound trivial. Two questions: How to check the old password? (the only way I see is using a user exit) And how to set the new password (can I use alter user statements in V2 style triggers?

Teijo Doornkamp (doornkampt_at_vertis.nl) Received on Tue Dec 13 1994 - 12:46:20 CET