Tag: password

How to Know When Oracle User Password Changed?

Oracle database internal table SYS.USER$ contains useful information about users and roles. Some of the columns have got following meaning:

  • NAME – name for user or role
  • TYPE# – 0 for role or 1 for user
  • CTIME – the date of creation
  • PTIME – the date the password was last changed
  • EXPTIME – the date the password has last expired
  • LTIME – the date the resource was last locked
  • LCOUNT – number of failed logon
SQL> SELECT
        name,
       ctime,
       ptime
FROM
      sys.user$
WHERE
      name = 'SYS';

NAME                 CTIME     PTIME
-------------------- --------- ---------
SYS                  31-MAR-16 11-MAY-21

How do I change my Oracle user password ?

c:\>
C:\>sqlplus testuser/Password@//ractest-scan.ractest.local:1521/service

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Fri Aug 31 11:44:13 2018
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Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters and Automatic Storage Management options


SQL> password

Changing password for TESTUSER
Old password:
New password:
Retype new password:
Password changed

SQL>