Events on Password Expiration or Pssword Change?

Hi,
I would like to know if there is any way to trigger a workflow or BPEL process when the user's password is expired in OCS OR when a user changes the password?
thanks

Oracle Internet Directory has an event subscription mechansim that you should be able to leverage to detect password change.
In particular Oracle Directory Integration Server and the LDAP_NTFY package.
http://www.huihoo.com/oracle/docs/B14099_19/idmanage.1012/b14087/dipapiref.htm
You should be able to create a process in BPEL that leverages the database adapter that triggers on new rows added to some custom database table populated by OID with event information.
In terms of detecting password expired, I think this is normally an exception that is thrown upon authentication ... I'm not sure if OID is capable of throwing out an event when a user's password has expired.
You could possible create some LDAP query to return all directory objects with an expired password.
thanks
Matt.

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Events on Password Expiration or Password Change?

Hi,
I would like to know if there is any way to trigger a workflow or BPEL process when the user's password is expired in OCS OR when a user changes the password?
thanks

Oracle Internet Directory has an event subscription mechansim that you should be able to leverage to detect password change.
In particular Oracle Directory Integration Server and the LDAP_NTFY package.
http://www.huihoo.com/oracle/docs/B14099_19/idmanage.1012/b14087/dipapiref.htm
You should be able to create a process in BPEL that leverages the database adapter that triggers on new rows added to some custom database table populated by OID with event information.
In terms of detecting password expired, I think this is normally an exception that is thrown upon authentication ... I'm not sure if OID is capable of throwing out an event when a user's password has expired.
You could possible create some LDAP query to return all directory objects with an expired password.
thanks
Matt.

HELP! Password Expired & Must Be Changed but Access Denied when trying to do so

Hi,I have an HP 5740e thin client and for some reason the local user account is requiring a password change. Yet, when I try to change the password it says Access Denied. And further, I can't get it to allow me to switch to a different account like Administrator to login. I've held down the SHIFT key when booting, but it still goes straight to that local user account & the expired password prompt. I'm stuck in an endless loop and don't know how to get out of it. Safe Mode puts me into the same situation. And I can't update BIOS because I can't get in at all. OS = Windows Embedded Standard 7 I've also tried to reinstall the latest image off the HP website using a USB drive but it fails every time. I've tried 2 different USB drives with same exact error no each. Image trying to install = SP56020ERROR: An unexpected condition occurred Does anyone have a suggestion?

I was finally able to get in as Administrator using RDP from my desktop. I didn't realize that the thin client name was missing a digit so that's why I was unsuccessful prior to this. Once I got in remotely, I was able to look at the permissions for the local user account. Now I see what was wrong.[Checked] User cannot change password[Unchecked] Password never expires I still don't know why I couldn't install a new factory image, but at least I'm now able to work with this unit. I also disabled the auto login for now. Sorry to have littered the Forum!

APEX_PUBLIC_USER password expired and now APEX denies access to /pls/apex/f

Hi. I have a problem with expired passwords. We are using APEX 2.2.0 with Oracle 10g. This morning the APEX_PUBLIC_USER and HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER accounts passwords expired. We have a really weird setup. Our DBA team owns these accounts and our web server team manages the APEX application itself. When the passwords expired, our DBA changed them from Oracle, not from within APEX. Now we are unable to access our application. We get the following error message:
Forbidden
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Mike - All you have to do is change the database account password to a new value and enter that same password into the DAD definition, obfuscating it in that file if your policy so dictates.
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Getting invalid username/ password when trying to change expired password

I am using Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production.
I created a user with password expire option and gave create session grant. When I tried to connect with the user it gives me password expired message as expected but when I try to put new password it gives me invalid username/password as show below. I have tried many times and made sure new password and retype new password are same and long enough.
Could anyone please advice what am I missing?
SQL> conn schu/xxx@abc
ERROR:
ORA-28001: the password has expired
Changing password for schu
New password: ********
Retype new password: ********
ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
Password unchanged
SQL>

spur230 wrote:
sb92075 wrote:
spur230 wrote:
It works that way but I need to use password expire option.
I see the words, but do not understand what they/you mean.The code you asked me to run work perfectly but I am getting ORA-01017 when I use password expire option.
With your code if I do
alter user schu password expire.
It will ask me to enter new password and verify password after which I am getting
ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon deniedI am not sure what you are doing & doing wrong; but it works OK for me.
SQL> CREATE USER USER3 IDENTIFIED BY USER3 PASSWORD EXPIRE;
User created.
SQL> GRANT CREATE SESSION TO USER3;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> CONNECT USER3/USER3
ERROR:
ORA-28001: the password has expired
Changing password for USER3
New password:
Retype new password:
Password changed
Connected.
SQL> CONNECT USER3/USER4
Connected.
SQL> show user
USER is "USER3"
SQL>

ISE and AD Password Expiration Notification and allow user to change

We are almost ready to go live with ISE for our VPN users.
One last thing that has been asked is, how can we make ISE prompt a user when their AD password is about to expire, and allow them the opportunity to change it at that time?
I know the ASA has the ability if it is authenticating directly against AD, but that functionality goes away with IPN. So what settings are there to prompt users connecting via Anyconnect to the ASA VPN through ISE?
We do not have ISE setup for internal users/systems yet, this is strictly a VPN only setup for now.
Thanks,
Dirk

Since we are using radius protocol so password expiration notification will not occur. The user will be prompted when password would expire. With ldap over ssl, user will be notified that "your password will be expired in x number of days" but we can't pick that method as it shoud be ASA integrated directly with AD/LDAP.
Since we have ISE in between acting as a radius server so we have to live with the option where user will not be notified but password can be changed by end-user.
Procedure for Configuring RADIUS Password Management
Requires tha tthe Radius server/ISE be integrated with an Active Directory MS-AD server.
1. Enable "password-management" in tunnel-group/Connection Profile.
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My iCloud account password expires every three months, how can I change this?

Hi!
For a long while ago, that every three months my iCloud password expires. This indeed could be a nice security feature, but I don't find any settings to change it back. I guess there is no way, for me, to change this setting, could support do that for me?

I don't think there is an expiration, since I still use my password I set up some time ago; however Apple's servers that are responsible for security, reacts to any suspicious activity on your account and requests reset, e.g. if you purchase a new app while on vacationing in another country or your kids playing on your Mac and trying to enter an incorrect password, which I'm thinking both instances would trigger a security flag on your account. You may want to call Apple and speak with them concerning this to see if that might help.

How to check: password expired,password forced to change,user disable

I am writing application to detect the following. I just need to check whether the condition is true. What are the things that I need to check for:
- when a user password is going to expired in x days?
- when a user is forced to changed a his password?
- when a user is disabled? For this, do I check the attribute "nsaccountlock=true"?
Chooichin

I am writing application to detect the following. I
just need to check whether the condition is true.
What are the things that I need to check for:
- when a user password is going to expired in x
days?
you can use he passwordControls during a BIND operation and investigate if the password expired/expiring in so many secs
- when a user is forced to changed a his password?
- when a user is disabled? For this, do I check the
attribute "nsaccountlock=true"?Yes, if some interface is actually using this to disable the user in the first place.
>
Chooichin

Capturing the Message on the Login Page (Invalid user/password expired etc.

Hi, I have a requirment for capturing the error message on the Login page if the User's Account is expired or Account is Disabled or Invalid credentials, Password Lockout etc.
I am using the attached login page. Can any one please help me out on this.
<html><head><title>AARPLogin Page</title>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" xml:space="preserve">
// This function automatically gets called for broswer detection
var isNav4 = false;
var isIE4 = false;
var isNS6 = false;
function obDetectBrowser()
if ( navigator.appVersion.charAt( 0 ) == "4" )
if ( navigator.appName == "Netscape" )
isNav4 = true;
} else {
isIE4 = true;
else
if ( navigator.appVersion.charAt( 0 ) >= 5 )
if ( navigator.appName == "Netscape" )
isNS6 = true;
obDetectBrowser ();
var HOSTNAME =
var COOKIE_OBREQUESTEDURL = "OBREQUESTEDURL";
var COOKIE_OBFORMLOGINCOOKIE = "ObFormLoginCookie";
var NCID_LANDING_PAGE_URL = "/landing/";
var QS_REDIR = "ReDir";
var keyChooser;
function checkPasswordEnterKey( event )
var form = document.forms[0];
if (isNav4 || isNS6) {
keyChooser = event.which ;
} else if (isIE4) {
keyChooser = window.event.keyCode;
if (keyChooser == 13) {
if (
form.userid.value
&& form.userid.value != ""
&& form.password
&& form.password.value != ""
form.submit();
return true;
else
alert('Please enter a UserId and Password');
return false;
function showHidePanel( panelID, displayValue )
var panelElement = document.getElementById( panelID );
if ( displayValue == 'show' )
panelElement.style.display = 'block';
else
panelElement.style.display = 'none';
function getQueryVariable( variable )
var query = window.location.search.substring( 1 );
var vars = query.split( "&" );
for ( var i=0; i < vars.length; i++)
var pair = vars[ i ].split( "=" );
if ( pair[ 0 ] == variable )
return unescape( pair[ 1 ] );
return "";
function Get_Cookie( name )
var nameEQ = name + "=";
var ca = document.cookie.split( ';' );
for( var i=0; i < ca.length; i++ )
var c = ca[ i ];
while ( c.charAt( 0 )==' ' )
c = c.substring( 1, c.length );
if ( c.indexOf( nameEQ ) == 0 )
return c.substring( nameEQ.length, c.length );
return null;
function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure)
document.cookie = name + "=" + escape( value ) +
( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "" ) +
( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
function Delete_Cookie( name, path, domain )
if ( Get_Cookie( name ) )
document.cookie = name + "=" +
( (path) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
( (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
function lostPassword()
var CurrentLogin = document.forms[0].userid.value;
if ( CurrentLogin == "" ) {
alert ( "Please enter your eMail Address." );
document.forms[0].userid.focus();
else {
Set_Cookie( COOKIE_OBFORMLOGINCOOKIE, "done", 0, "/" );
var LOST_PWD_PAGE = "/identity/oblix/apps/lost_pwd_mgmt/bin/lost_pwd_mgmt.cgi?program=passwordChallengeResponse&login="+CurrentLogin+"&backUrl=http://oradev2.na.aarp.int/login/login.html&target=top";
window.location = LOST_PWD_PAGE;
function emailPassword()
document.passform.submit();
function onLoad()
if (getQueryVariable( "MSG" ) == 'LOGIN_FAILED' )
alert ("Login Failed, Please try again");
else if (getQueryVariable( "MSG" ) == 'PWD_EXP' )
alert ("Your Password Is About to Expire. Please Change it at your earliest convenience.");
var pwdExpUID = getQueryVariable( "login" );
var hostTarget = getQueryVariable( "hostTarget" );
var resURL = getQueryVariable( "resURL" );
var PWD_EXP_PAGE = "/identity/oblix/apps/lost_pwd_mgmt/bin/lost_pwd_mgmt.cgi?program=redirectforchangepwd&login="+pwdExpUID+"&backURL="+hostTarget+resURL+"&target=top";
window.location = PWD_EXP_PAGE;
else if (getQueryVariable( "MSG" ) == 'CHGPWD' )
alert ("You are required to change your password.");
var chgPwdUID = getQueryVariable( "login" );
var hostTarget = getQueryVariable( "hostTarget" );
var resURL = getQueryVariable( "resURL" );
var CHG_PWD_PAGE = "http://"+HOSTNAME+"/identity/oblix/apps/lost_pwd_mgmt/bin/lost_pwd_mgmt.cgi?program=redirectforchangepwd&login="+chgPwdUID+"&backURL="+hostTarget+resURL+"&target=top";
window.location = CHG_PWD_PAGE;
</script></head><body onload="onLoad();document.login.userid.focus();" alink="blue" bgcolor="#ffffff" link="blue" vlink="blue">
<p align="center">
<img alt="AARP Header Logo" src="login_files/aarpLogo.gif" border="0" height="91" width="219">
<br>
</p><form name="login" method="post" action="/access/oblix/apps/webgate/bin/webgate.so">
<div class="boldText" align="center">
<h2>Login</h2>
<div class="boldText" align="left">
<div id="LoginFailed" style="display: none;">
<table align="center" bgcolor="#ff0000" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="500">
<tbody><tr>
<td>
<table bgcolor="#e5e5e5" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
<td rowspan="3" height="40" nowrap="nowrap" valign="top">
<img src="login_files/error.gif" name="error" height="20" width="20">
</td>
<td rowspan="3" align="center">
<p>
<font color="#ff0000" size="-1">
<b>
<div id="TryAgain" style="display: none;">Login Failed! Invalid UserID and/or Password, Please try again.<br></div>
<div id="AccountLocked" style="display: none;">Your Account has been Locked!</div>
</b>
</font>
</p>
<p>
<font color="#ff0000">
<b>For
assistance call E-Services Help Line at (XXX) XXX-XXXX Monday through
Friday between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm eastern standard time.</b>
</font>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
</tr><tr bgcolor="#e5e5e5">
</tr></tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500">
<tbody><tr>
<td background="login_files/border_upper_left.gif" height="20" nowrap="nowrap" width="20"> </td>
<td background="login_files/border_top.gif" height="20" nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td background="login_files/border_upper_right.gif" height="20" nowrap="nowrap" width="20"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="login_files/border_left.gif" nowrap="nowrap" width="20"> </td>
<td>
<table bgcolor="#ebebce" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%">
<tbody><tr>
<td colspan="3" align="center">
<font color="darkred" face="Arial" size="3">
<b>
</b></font>
<b> </b></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td colspan="3" width="100%">
<table bgcolor="#ebebce" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tbody><tr bgcolor="#e5e5e5">
<td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ebebce" height="20" nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" width="4%">
<font color="#000000">
<span class="text">
<img src="login_files/arrow.gif" align="top" height="20" width="20">
</span>
</font>
<font color="#000000"> </font>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ebebce" width="96%">
<font color="#000000" size="-1">
<span class="text">Please enter your Email and Password. If you are a new user to AARP, please select First Time AARP User.
</span>
</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#e5e5e5">
</tr></tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td colspan="3">
<table align="center" border="0" width="349">
<tbody><tr>
<td nowrap="nowrap" width="74">
<font color="#000000" size="-1">
<div align="left">eMail:</div>
</font>
</td>
<td width="265">
<input name="userid" value="" size="32" maxlength="32" tabindex="2" type="text">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="#000000" size="-1">
<div align="left">Password:</div>
</font>
</td>
<td>
<p>
<font color="#000000" size="-1">
<input name="password" size="32" maxlength="32" length="30" tabindex="3" type="password">
</font>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<font color="#000000" size="-1">
<p align="center"><b>Forgot Your Password?</b></p>
</font>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"> <font color="#000000" size="-1">
Email New Password
</font>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4">
<div class="boldText" align="center">
<br>
<input src="login_files/button_login.gif" name="Submit" value="" alt="login" type="image">
 <b class="boldText"><img src="login_files/button_clear.gif" name="img_clear" alt="clear" border="0" height="25" width="68"></b>
<b class="boldText"><img src="login_files/button_help.gif" name="img_help" alt="help" border="0" height="25" width="68"></b>
<b class="boldText"><img src="login_files/button_cancel.gif" name="img_cancel" alt="cancel" border="0" height="25" width="68"></b>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
<td background="login_files/border_right.gif" nowrap="nowrap" width="20"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="login_files/border_lower_left.gif" height="20" nowrap="nowrap" width="20"> </td>
<td background="login_files/border_bottom.gif" height="20" nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td background="login_files/border_lower_right.gif" height="20" nowrap="nowrap" width="20"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<p></p>
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Unauthorized access is a violation of federal and state law. All
software, data transactions, and electronic communications are subject
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<div id="hr" style="position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 10px; z-index: 90; top: 657px; left: 10px;">
<hr>
</div>
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</span>
<span class="bodytext">
</span></div>
<form name="passform" action="http://oradev2.na.aarp.int/wampassword/passwordReset.html" method="post">
<input name="login" value="" type="hidden">
<input name="backUrl" value="http://oradev2.na.aarp.int/login/login.html" type="hidden">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" xml:space="preserve">
var undefined;
if (
document.login
&& document.login.password
function clearForm()
document.login.reset();
function navigate( linkName )
if ( 'login' == linkName )
if ( document.accountLogin.userID.value != '' && document.login.password.value != '' )
alert('Please click the Account Registration Setup link for now');
//document.location = 'userDataPersonal.htm';
else
alert('Please enter a UserId and Password');
function openHelp()
helpDoc = window.open( "http://www.aarp.org", "", "scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=500,height=300" );
function cancel()
// open dialog
var initX = parseInt( window.screenX ) + parseInt( window.outerWidth ) / 2 - 100;
var initY = parseInt( window.screenY ) + parseInt( window.outerHeight ) / 2 - 50;
cancelDialog = window.open( "./cancelDialog.html", " cancelDialog", "resizable=yes,toolbar=no,menubar=no,width=200,height=150,screenX=" + initX +",screenY=" + initY );
</script>
</div></form></body>
<script type="text/javascript">
</script></html>

Is it not possible that someone fired the password expiration cmd ?
SQL> select limit
2 from   dba_profiles
3 where profile='DEFAULT'
4 and resource_name='PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME';
LIMIT
UNLIMITED
SQL> select profile from dba_users where username='MYUSER';
PROFILE
DEFAULT
SQL> conn myuser/myuser
Connected.
SQL> conn / as sysdba
Connected.
SQL> alter user myuser password expire;
User altered.
SQL> conn myuser/myuser
ERROR:
ORA-28001: the password has expired
Changing password for myuser
New password:
Password unchanged
Warning: You are no longer connected to ORACLE.
SQL> conn / as sysdba
Connected.
SQL> select name, astatus, TO_CHAR(ctime,'DD-MM-YYYY HH:MI') CTIME, TO_CHAR(ptime,'DD-MM-YYYY HH:MI') PTIME, TO_CHAR(EXPTIME,'DD-MM-YYYY HH:MI') EXPIRE
2 from sys.user$ where name ='MYUSER';
NAME
   ASTATUS CTIME
PTIME
EXPIRE
MYUSER
         1 23-11-2011 11:15
23-11-2011 11:15
23-11-2011 11:17
SQL>Nicolas.

Want a solution for a scenario-To Set Password expiration in OID from OIM

Hi,
I have one scenario. Please guide me in some details to achieve this.
I have one password policy in OIM. When user's password expires in OIM, then his password should also expire in OID. We have OID as user's repository.
For this I have one solution but dont know how to implement this in OIM.
"OID has the LDAP attribute called “pwdMaxAge” map this attribute to the OIM resource object and reset this value to number of days (as per password policy) whenever you change the password in OIM. This will set the password expiration time in the OID without having the password policy in place. "
Plesae suggest.
Thanks in advance.

Well here is what you can do:
- For OIM the user's password will be governed with the Xellerate User password policy, which says that password must be changed every 28 days. So you are good in handling this in OIM.
Now for OID side, you have two options - *1. User changes OID password directly* and *2. User changes OID password through update in OIM profile password*. Most probably tou would want the second case. If true then here is what you can do.
- As user changes the OIM password. Create automatic trigger Change User Password which updates the password in the process form of OID.
- This invokes the Password Updated task.
- On SUCCESS of this task, call another task which goes to OID target and updates the attribute pwdMaxAge to Current date + 28
Thanks
Sunny

Accounts getting disabled after enabling password expiration on BOXI R2 SP2

Hi All,
We have a strange issue with our production environment.After enabling password expiration on the enterprise some accounts got disabled,on further investigation I found that these users were either trying to log on to Designer or 2 tier Deski.
I made them login through the Infoview to fix the issue.These users were Universe deginer or report writers.
Any Suggestions

Hi Tim,
These accounts are Enterprise accounts,according to the users they were not given a chance and they never got any prompt for the password change it was disabled directly at the first login.
These people were trying to logon using the Desginer or 2 Tier DESKI login and they are the members of the Administrtor Group also.
Is it important to logon to infoview or 3 tier DESKI to change your password?
I have no answer to give them why there accounts were disabled.
Please suggest
Thanks,
Arun

Password expire date back to 2011 from 2012 after assigned a user profile

Friends,
I created a profile test as
COMPOSITE_LIMIT UNLIMITED
SESSIONS_PER_USER UNLIMITED
CPU_PER_SESSION UNLIMITED
CPU_PER_CALL UNLIMITED
LOGICAL_READS_PER_SESSION UNLIMITED
LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL UNLIMITED
IDLE_TIME 60
CONNECT_TIME UNLIMITED
PRIVATE_SGA UNLIMITED
FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS 5
PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME 120
PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME 60
PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX 30
PASSWORD_VERIFY_FUNCTION NULL
PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME 1
PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME 7;
the user default profile default PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME is 180 and password expired date is 1/7/2012. the test account was created in 7/11/2011.
Now I assign test user to test profile successfully.
However. expire date becomes 11/8/2011 1 from 1/7/2012 by select dba_users
which wrong is in my profile or somewhere?
As I think, the account password expired should be start after assigned new profile with PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME. but is seems expire date is start from original account created date.
Thanks
newdba
Edited by: Oradb on May 24, 2012 1:56 PM

I would think the expire time would be based on the last password change time which Oracle stores in the rdbms base table for user information (user$). Find a second user, alter the password, check the expire date, then assign the user to the new profile, re-check the expiration date. Post back. Behavior may vary between releases so include full Oracle version of test.
HTH -- Mark D Powell --

Remove password expiration time limit for ocs users

Hello,
I want to know how to remove password expiration time limit for ocs (11gR2) users? In our system all user accounts are getting expired in 1 week. I have to remove expdate. (profile was changed)
Thx

SQL> select * from dba_profiles where RESOURCE_NAME LIKE 'PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME';
PROFILE RESOURCE_NAME RESOURCE     LIMIT
DEFAULT PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME PASSWORD     180
MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME PASSWORD     DEFAULT
SQL> ALTER PROFILE DEFAULT LIMIT PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME UNLIMITED;
Profile altered.
SQL> select * from dba_profiles where RESOURCE_NAME LIKE 'PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME';
PROFILE RESOURCE_NAME RESOURCE     LIMIT
DEFAULT PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME PASSWORD     UNLIMITED
MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME PASSWORD
To change the password for a user:
alter user username identified by new_password;
Edited by: hitgon on Apr 30, 2012 7:33 PM

Password expiration in 9.0.2

When a user changes his/her password, the action is stored along with a timestamp in ODS.ODS_CHG_LOG. However, this table also stores login failures and a zillion other things, too.
Is there another table that stores only change password data? I just want to do a simple query that returns the users who have reset their password along with the dates they have done so. Thanks!

Apparently there is no such table. There is, however, a tool called "ldapsearch" that can retrieve password expiration information for a given user or for all users. This tool runs from the [oracle_home]\bin\ directory.

Root password expired - not your typical case

Hello everyone,
I apologize for asking what is a very FAQ, but I am unable to find an appropriate answer anywhere on the interweb.
The facts of my unfortunate situation are:
1. I am a newbie in the SA world.
2. I am even more of a newbie in the Solaris world.
3. I am administering a Production Database system on Solaris 9.
4. Within the last couple days the root password expired.
5. When I attempt to login at the console as root, I receive the following message. "Roles can only be assumed by authorized users."
It seems to me that root ought to be authorized to login to the console.
I've read that I can boot from the CD to resolve this issue, but the system in question has the CD drive disabled. If only I could figure out how to login to the console as root, I'm sure that it would let me update the password, but I don't know how to work around the "Roles can only be assumed by authorized users" issue.
Please help!
Thanks in advance for your assistance. It is greatly appreciated.

Well, I've learned an awful lot in the process of trying to resolve this issue. I'm still not there, but I'm getting close.
I have done a ton of research on the net, and I am unable to find any specific detailed instructions on how to fix the root password expired issue. So, I figured I would paraphrase what I believe are the detailed steps to be taken. If you see an error in my logic, or my syntax please let me know, as I will be beginning this process soon.
So, we have RBAC or Role Based Access Control on the Solaris 9 box, and the root password has expired. This is a pretty annoying situation to be in, but it can be fixed easily enough.
First, we'll want to gracefully shutdown all the processes which are currently running on the system. This is accomplished by executing the following command which will put the system into single user mode:
init -1
Determine where your root file system (e.g. c1t0d0s0) is located by typing the following command (you'll want to make note of the result):
/etc/vfstab
Next, we need to access the EEPROM. Before doing this, you should do execute the following command to see if your EEPROM is password protected.
eeprom |grep security
Look for the line that reads "security-mode=" If security mode is set to "none" or "none-secure" you're golden, proceed with the next step. If security mode is set to "command" "command-secure" "fully" or "fully-secure" you want to make sure you have your EEPROM password, otherwise you'll be in worse shape than when you started.
Assuming that you either have the EEPROM password, OR the system is set to "security-mode=none" you can proceed to the EEPROM prompt by pressing the following key combination:
Stop + A
You should now have an OK> prompt. Insert the Solaris 9 Installation CD into the CDRom drive. At the prompt type the following command to boot from your CD rom:
boot cdrom -sw
Once the boot sequence is complete, execute the following command to mount your root filesystem.
mount /dev/dsk/<root filesystem device file> /mnt
Once you have mounted the root file system, you will need to change the /etc/user_attr file to allow console access by root. Open /etc/user_attr with your editor of choice. On the line beginning with root::::type=role; etc etc change the setting type=role to type=normal and save the user_attr file.
Enter the following command to go back to the OK prompt:
halt
Then enter boot -s to reboot your system. You should now be able to login to the console with root, which will allow you to update your password. Once you have done so, do an init -3 to bring the user back up to the standard mode of operation.
Thanks again Jeffery for your help in this matter. I hope to have this situation resolved soon, but I want to make sure that all my ducks are in a row before I start playing Russian Roulette with my server. Does the above walkthrough sound accurate? Is there anything that I have misuderstood or overlooked?

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