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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Abdul Wahid.

Asked: September 22, 2017 - 6:05 am UTC

Last updated: September 23, 2017 - 4:18 am UTC

Version: 10.2

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I changed the SYS user password in database

I recreated the password file using Oracle Doc ID 1029539.6

Now when I try to login to the database using SQL developer it gives the ORA 1017 error

Am I missing any step here ? please advise ...

My server is a Unix system

and Connor said...

Take a look at these two questions

https://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/asktom.search?tag=sys-password-change-and-orapwd-file

https://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/asktom.search?tag=problem-to-connect-as-sysdba



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