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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Sunil.

Asked: January 21, 2017 - 1:45 pm UTC

Last updated: January 22, 2017 - 3:35 am UTC

Version: 11g

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I have installed oracle 11g before a couple of months but i forgot my system password
and also i couldn't able to conn /as sysdba.

Could you please suggest the process of resetting the password for user SYSTEM.

and Connor said...

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1) If you are on the database as the OS database owner account, (or in Window, if you set SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES=NTS in sqlnet.ora) you should be able to do:

connect / as sysdba

and then reset the password using 'alter user' as per normal

2) Use orapwd to nominate a new *network* SYS password, and then do:

connect sys/new_password@remote_db as sysdba

and then reset the password using 'alter user' as per normal


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