Re: Mistakenly changes db users passwords
- From: Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: stant_98@xxxxxxxxx, oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:16:37 -0800 (PST)
You did this in production? Holy cow...
How many users did you manage to change? If it's just a few, I'd just call them
and tell them that they have new passwords. If you are talking about large
scale then you have big problems... sure you can do a point-in-time recovery
but what are the impacts of that? You COULD recover the database to a
point-in-time prior to the change, get all the password hashes and then use the
alter user command with the using values command. You can get the hashes from
user$. So you would do something like this:
After the restore to ANOTHER database (you would only need the SYSTEM, SYSAUX,
and UNDO tablespaces restored and then create a temporary tablespace.
On the temporary restored database log in as sysdba.
Issue this query:
select name, password from user$ where name='SCOTT';
name password
-------------- ----------------
SCOTT F09492C0593049B99
then in the messed up database simply change the password using the hash:
alter user scott identified by values ' F09492C0593049B99';
This should reset the password to the correct password. You could easily write
a script to to massive changes if need be.
Then, I'd be updating my resume, depending on how forgiving your boss is. If it
were me, you'd be cleaning bathrooms for at least a week. With a
toothbrush..... :) But, I'm just a nice guy. :-)
RF
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From: Viktor <stant_98@xxxxxxxxx>
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 5:56:29 PM
Subject: Mistakenly changes db users passwords
Hi gurus,
10.2.0.4 Linux Redhat:
I mistakely ran a script and changed db passwords for all users. Is the only
option here RMAN restore/recovery? Would point-in-time work, won't it?
The database has not been set as a flashback db.
Thanks much in advance!
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