One wonders why one doesn't simply lock the account. ALTER USER bad_user ACCOUNT LOCK; seems easier than writing a trigger. Similarly, you may wish to explore auditing and system/application contexts so that you could audit who's trying this account. On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > yes, it is possible. It would be a system trigger. > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Dennis Williams < > oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> List, >> >> To plug a security gap, I'm trying to create a trigger on a certain >> username. If the trigger condition is met, the trigger would force a logout. >> Is that possible? >> >> Thanks for any suggestions, >> Dennis Williams >> > > > > -- > Andrew W. Kerber > > 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' > -- Adam Musch ahmusch@xxxxxxxxx