Re: Oracle password problem
From: Palooka <nobody_at_nowhere.invalid>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:38:42 +0000
Message-ID: <mAqGm.5367$X75.4963_at_newsfe20.ams2>
On 29/10/09 16:21, neilsolent wrote:
> Hi
>
> We have Oracle 8.1.7 on Windows 2000 - and the admin user account
> passwords have been lost (sys, system etc). I urgently need to login
> to increase tablespaces!
>
> I have tried this procedure to recover:
>
> 1. Stop the Oracle service of the instance you want to change the
> passwords of.
> 2. Find the PWD###.ora file for this instance, this is usuallly
> located atC:\oracle\ora81\database\, where ### is the SID of your
> database.
> 3. rename the PWD###.ora file to PWD###.ora.bak for obvious safety
> reasons.
> 4. Create a new pwd file by issuing the command:
> orapwd file=C:\oracle\ora81\database\PWD###.ora password=XXXXX
> where ### is the SID and XXXXX is the password you would like to use
> for the SYS and INTERNAL accounts.
> 5. Start the Oracle service for the instance you just fixed. You
> should be able to get in with the SYS user and change other passwords
> from there.
>
>
> But it still says username/password wrong afterwards...
>
> What could I be missing? Could something be corrupted somewhere else?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Neil
>
>
The real answer is easy. If you have a toy OS, run a toy database, not a serious one.
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:38:42 +0000
Message-ID: <mAqGm.5367$X75.4963_at_newsfe20.ams2>
On 29/10/09 16:21, neilsolent wrote:
> Hi
>
> We have Oracle 8.1.7 on Windows 2000 - and the admin user account
> passwords have been lost (sys, system etc). I urgently need to login
> to increase tablespaces!
>
> I have tried this procedure to recover:
>
> 1. Stop the Oracle service of the instance you want to change the
> passwords of.
> 2. Find the PWD###.ora file for this instance, this is usuallly
> located atC:\oracle\ora81\database\, where ### is the SID of your
> database.
> 3. rename the PWD###.ora file to PWD###.ora.bak for obvious safety
> reasons.
> 4. Create a new pwd file by issuing the command:
> orapwd file=C:\oracle\ora81\database\PWD###.ora password=XXXXX
> where ### is the SID and XXXXX is the password you would like to use
> for the SYS and INTERNAL accounts.
> 5. Start the Oracle service for the instance you just fixed. You
> should be able to get in with the SYS user and change other passwords
> from there.
>
>
> But it still says username/password wrong afterwards...
>
> What could I be missing? Could something be corrupted somewhere else?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Neil
>
>
The real answer is easy. If you have a toy OS, run a toy database, not a serious one.
Palooka Received on Thu Oct 29 2009 - 19:38:42 CDT