Bob, That no longer works as of 8i if you enforce the password history... you'd have to change the password a number of times to get it back to what it was.
Rachel --- Bob Metelsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about > > select username, password from dba_users; > > USERNAME PASSWORD > ------------------------------ ------------------------ > SYS D4C5016086B2DC6A > SYSTEM D4DF7931AB130E37 > > This is part of the becomeuser script where you can change and then > reset the password for a user > > spool C:\reset.sql > > select ' alter user &&1 identified by values ' ||''''|| > password||''''||' profile '||profile||';' > from dba_users where username = upper ('&&1') ; > spool off; > > > > bob > > > > > > You can't. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "faisal ahmad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 12/16/2002 08:09 PM > > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: > > Subject: password > > > > > > how can a dba see the password of a user. > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Bob Metelsky > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).