Its not an update of dba_users. Its an Alter user identified by values "OldPassword", which is also what an export/import uses.
Raj "Bob Metelsky" To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <bmetelsky@cp cc: s92.com> Subject: RE: password Sent by: root@fatcity. com December 17, 2002 03:35 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L Yes that's rite I cant use D4C5016086B2DC6A as the password But... I can SQL> alter user bob identified by newpassword ; Log on as bob and make any changes I want then... SQL> Update dba_users set password = 'D4C5016086B2DC6A' where user = bob ; Bob doen not know his account has been modified I know that's not what he asked but... I havent threw in my 2cts in a while ;-> And this could prove useful from time to time.... bob > Yes, but that is not what he asked. > > Try logging in with the value from dba_users. ;) > > Jared > > > > > > "Bob Metelsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 12/17/2002 10:14 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: RE: password > > > 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: 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).