Serguei.Goumeniouk_at_cibc.ca wrote:
> Dear Experts,
> I am going to migrate my applications from Oracle 9i to Oracle 10g
> server. Some time ago I read that 10g has stricter rules for a user
> password (must be at least 6 characters long, not be a simple
> dictionary word, not contain the username and so on). Are these tests
> really implemented in 10g? If "yes", what is the full list of the
> password restrictions?
> Regards,
> Serguei.
These are possible but not enforced when doing a vanilla install.
I would, however, strongly urge you to implement them in any version
of Oracle by making use of PASSWOR_VERIFY function provided by Oracle
and that can be found at $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlpwdmg.sql.
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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Mon Aug 20 2007 - 15:56:33 CDT
