Hello: If I have two users existing in two separate databases (10.2.0.3) and these users have the same value in the password column of the dba_users view, does this mean that they have the same passwords? In other words. if I enter the following command: alter user USER1 identified by values 'XXXXXXX' where XXXXXX = select password from dba_users where username = 'USER2' will the USER1 and USER2 have the same passwords? thank you Gene Gurevich Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l