https://www.oraclescripts.com/tags/dba_profiles/Recent content in Dba_profiles on Oracle ScriptsHugo -- gohugo.ioenOracleScripts.comSun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.oraclescripts.com/post/lock-or-unlock-oracle-user/Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.oraclescripts.com/post/lock-or-unlock-oracle-user/ <h2 id="lock-or-unlock-an-oracle-user-in-the-database">Lock or Unlock an Oracle User in the Database</h2> <h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2> <p>A contractor leaves on Friday. A service account password shows up in a chat log. A batch user fails to log in 40 times from an unknown host. In each case the first move is the same: shut the account without dropping it. <code>ALTER USER ... ACCOUNT LOCK</code> does that. The user, its objects, its grants and its password stay in the database, but a login attempt is refused.</p>