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How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password (merged) [message #162582]

Sat, 11 March 2006 08:36

Ivancleber da Silva Neves
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How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password ?

Thanks in advance

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password ? [message #162585 is a reply to message #162582]

Sat, 11 March 2006 08:41

Mahesh Rajendran
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You cannot. You cannot the 'see' the password in plaintext or decipher it.
Logged in as SYS , one can
*Alter another user's password.
*Alter another user's password as it was before or create a new use r with the same password.

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How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password ? [message #162656 is a reply to message #162582]

Sun, 12 March 2006 21:37

Ivancleber da Silva Neves
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How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password ?

Thanks in advance

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password ? [message #162949 is a reply to message #162656]

Tue, 14 March 2006 04:56

JSI2001
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You cannot do this.
(not in any meaningful way anyway) You can only view the encrypted password which you cannot decrypt
Jim

[Updated on: Tue, 14 March 2006 04:59]

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password ? [message #163112 is a reply to message #162949]

Tue, 14 March 2006 23:43

orajamzs
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You cannot do this.
(not in any meaningful way anyway) You can only view the encrypted password which you cannot decrypt
Jim

you are right Jim,
But there are some tools to decrypt password in plain text.

Thanks

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password ? [message #163312 is a reply to message #162585]

Thu, 16 March 2006 03:06

singhmanish_888
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No there is no way. you can't see any password in readable form.

Only you can change a password or can create a new password
after logging as SYS.

Regards
Manish Singh

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password ? [message #163327 is a reply to message #163312]

Thu, 16 March 2006 04:27

Maaher
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Perhaps this link from Tom Kyte might be of any help: "How to become another User in SQLPlus"

MHE

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password ? [message #163342 is a reply to message #163112]

Thu, 16 March 2006 05:49

Mahesh Rajendran
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>> But there are some tools to decrypt password in plain text.
That would be interesting.
Could you please give an exact reference?

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password ? [message #163380 is a reply to message #163342]

Thu, 16 March 2006 08:59

Maaher
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Topics merged. Don't cross post or create duplicates to get extra attention

MHE

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password (merged) [message #168115 is a reply to message #162582]

Tue, 18 April 2006 21:40

markmal
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A little bit hairsplitting.
Password is not encrypted. It is hashed.
Hash is taken from a password and username concatenated (or mixed) together.
There is no fast mathematically proven way to restore (decrypt) initial value from the hash. Hash can be brute-forced only. Cracked. Means that 'ALTER USER IDENTIFIED BY passwordvar' has to be issued gozillions times until its hashed value will match to target hashed value (that value that seats in SYS.USER$).
Only brute force crackers, enchanced by dictionary functionality are known up to date.
It means - use strong passwords!

interesting article!
http://www.sans.org/rr/special/index.php?id=oracle_pass

[Updated on: Tue, 18 April 2006 23:31]

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password (merged) [message #168156 is a reply to message #168115]

Wed, 19 April 2006 01:57

Maaher
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I've read that article a couple of weeks ago (Pete Finnigan mentioned it on his blog) but I believe for this rainbow table approach is not viable in a normal secured environment.

MHE

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password (merged) [message #168233 is a reply to message #168115]

Wed, 19 April 2006 06:48

markmal
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I totally agree with you.
Even with known Oracle hashing algorithm (and its weaknesses), known hashes from USER$, it will take dozens days to crack 8 char password. And time will grow ~x40 times with every additional character.

[Updated on: Wed, 19 April 2006 06:49]

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uninstalling oracle 10g [message #171826 is a reply to message #168233]

Thu, 11 May 2006 11:46

hsrdsc4232
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i have xp.i had loaded oracle10g.now i want to uninstall this.i have done thro add&remove from control panel.but the whole of oracle has not been removed.how shud i completely remove this.
plz advise

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Re: How can the user SYS or SYSTEM to find out a user's password (merged) [message #201177 is a reply to message #162582]

Thu, 02 November 2006 21:17

n_de_fontenay
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On Oracle 8i, I've used a tool from http://red-database-security.com
It was great to monitor my database and scary to see that I could crack 98% of my user's password because it was very simple words.

It has been great so be able to see it and take action to make strong passwords (showing proof that passwords has been found, provide security trainings to users explaining "who is your enemy" and why to use a complexe password.

Now with 10g this tool is not working anymore and I would be very happy to keep an eye on my users password.

A system user and password is asked to launch it.

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