Account Unlock

As i have changed the password of user "apps" from FNDCPASS utility , i have R 12 , 12.0.4 with Oracle 10 g relase 2 database, after changing the password i can login to apss user with new password suceesfully , but after some time the same user account is locked , i unlock it and then after 2 hours it again locked, i have checked the default profile for that user and found FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS 10 , i have unlocked the user and explicitly tried to login with that user by suppling wrong password till 15 attempts and found user is locked , i realised by that mokced up that some one is really hitting brutally attemting to login with that user , though i have declared by mail in our team that apps user password has been changed but dont know why someone is trying tio attempting with that user apps to trying login. Is there any way that who is trying to attempting login with that user.

user13653962 wrote:
As i have changed the password of user "apps" from FNDCPASS utility , i have R 12 , 12.0.4 with Oracle 10 g relase 2 database, after changing the password i can login to apss user with new password suceesfully , but after some time the same user account is locked , i unlock it and then after 2 hours it again locked, i have checked the default profile for that user and found FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS 10 , i have unlocked the user and explicitly tried to login with that user by suppling wrong password till 15 attempts and found user is locked , i realised by that mokced up that some one is really hitting brutally attemting to login with that user , though i have declared by mail in our team that apps user password has been changed but dont know why someone is trying tio attempting with that user apps to trying login. Is there any way that who is trying to attempting login with that user.Sound like you have a scheduled job still using the old password. 10 strikes and you're locked.

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