Orapwd problem

hi every one i am new to Oracle
I am trying to set password by orapwd utility.
example: orapwd file=orapworcl password=vikas exclusive=3;
but, when i login as sqlplus sys as sysdba or sqlplus sys/123 as sysdba
it is login without any authentication....
Edited by: 993776 on Mar 13, 2013 8:04 PM
Edited by: 993776 on Mar 13, 2013 8:06 PM

SYSDBA suffix effectively connects you to the database (using OS authentication, no matter what credentials you provide).
Tom Kyte specifically stipulates this in this thread.
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0%3a%3a%3a%3aP11_QUESTION_ID:61866277480450
Basically he explains that the SYSDBA suffix effectively connects you to the database as SYS no matter what credentials you give (using OS authentication), the example he uses is:
connect santa/claus as sysdba same as
connect / as sysdba
connect santa/claus as sysdba
sys%ORA10GR2> connect santa/claus as sysdba
Connected.
sys%ORA10GR2> show user
USER is "SYS"Hope it helps...
Regards,
Ankit Rathi
http://oraclenbeyond.blogspot.in

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This filename looks wrong, at least the .ora bit should be removed.
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A problem with threads

I am trying to implement some kind of a server listening for requests. The listener part of the app, is a daemon thread that listens for connections and instantiates a handling daemon thread once it gets some. However, my problem is that i must be able to kill the listening thread at the user's will (say via a sto button). I have done this via the Sun's proposed way, by testing a boolean flag in the loop, which is set to false when i wish to kill the thread. The problem with this thing is the following...
Once the thread starts excecuting, it will test the flag, find it true and enter the loop. At some point it will LOCK on the server socket waiting for connection. Unless some client actually connects, it will keep on listening indefinatelly whithought ever bothering to check for the flag again (no matter how many times you set the damn thing to false).
My question is this: Is there any real, non-theoretical, applied way to stop thread in java safely?
Thank you in advance,
Lefty

This was one solution from the socket programming forum, have you tried this??
public Thread MyThread extends Thread{
     boolean active = true;
     public void run(){
          ss.setSoTimeout(90);
          while (active){
               try{
                    serverSocket = ss.accept();
               catch (SocketTimeoutException ste){
               // do nothing
     // interrupt thread
     public void deactivate(){
          active = false;
          // you gotta sleep for a time longer than the
          // accept() timeout to make sure that timeout is finished.
          try{
               sleep(91);
          }catch (InterruptedException ie){
          interrupt();
}

A problem with Threads and MMapi

I am tring to execute a class based on Game canvas.
The problem begin when I try to Play both a MIDI tone and to run an infinit Thread loop.
The MIDI tone "Stammers".
How to over come the problem?
Thanks in advance
Kobi
See Code example below:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.Graphics;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.Image;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.game.GameCanvas;
import javax.microedition.media.Manager;
import javax.microedition.media.MediaException;
import javax.microedition.media.Player;
public class MainScreenCanvas extends GameCanvas implements Runnable {
     private MainMIDlet parent;
     private boolean mTrucking = false;
     Image imgBackgound = null;
     int imgBackgoundX = 0, imgBackgoundY = 0;
     Player player;
     public MainScreenCanvas(MainMIDlet parent)
          super(true);
          this.parent = parent;
          try
               imgBackgound = Image.createImage("/images/area03_bkg0.png");
               imgBackgoundX = this.getWidth() - imgBackgound.getWidth();
               imgBackgoundY = this.getHeight() - imgBackgound.getHeight();
          catch(Exception e)
               System.out.println(e.getMessage());
      * starts thread
     public void start()
          mTrucking = true;
          Thread t = new Thread(this);
          t.start();
      * stops thread
     public void stop()
          mTrucking = false;
     public void play()
          try
               InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/sounds/scale.mid");
               player = Manager.createPlayer(is, "audio/midi");
               player.setLoopCount(-1);
               player.prefetch();
               player.start();
          catch(Exception e)
               System.out.println(e.getMessage());
     public void run()
          Graphics g = getGraphics();
          play();
          while (true)
               tick();
               input();
               render(g);
      * responsible for object movements
     private void tick()
      * response to key input
     private void input()
          int keyStates = getKeyStates();
          if ((keyStates & LEFT_PRESSED) != 0)
               imgBackgoundX++;
               if (imgBackgoundX > 0)
                    imgBackgoundX = 0;
          if ((keyStates & RIGHT_PRESSED) != 0)
               imgBackgoundX--;
               if (imgBackgoundX < this.getWidth() - imgBackgound.getWidth())
                    imgBackgoundX = this.getWidth() - imgBackgound.getWidth();
      * Responsible for the drawing
      * @param g
     private void render(Graphics g)
          g.drawImage(imgBackgound, imgBackgoundX, imgBackgoundY, Graphics.TOP | Graphics.LEFT);
          this.flushGraphics();
}

You can also try to provide a greater Priority to your player thread so that it gains the CPU time when ever it needs it and don't harm the playback.
However a loop in a Thread and that to an infinite loop is one kind of very bad programming, 'cuz the loop eats up most of your CPU time which in turn adds up more delays of the execution of other tasks (just as in your case it is the playback). By witting codes bit efficiently and planning out the architectural execution flow of the app before start writing the code helps solve these kind of issues.
You can go through [this simple tutorial|http://oreilly.com/catalog/expjava/excerpt/index.html] about Basics of Java and Threads to know more about threads.
Regds,
SD
N.B. And yes there are more articles and tutorials available but much of them targets the Java SE / EE, but if you want to read them here is [another great one straight from SUN|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/concurrency/index.html] .
Edited by: find_suvro@SDN on 7 Nov, 2008 12:00 PM

J2ME problem with threads

Hi all,
I would like to ask you for a help. I need to write a small program at my university. I started to write a midlet which function would be to countdown time for sports activities. I woul like to start a new thread - the one that counts down - and at the same time make the main thread sleep. After the "countdown" thread finishes, the main thread wakes up and waits for user input. The problem is that when the "countdown" thread finishes his work, I've got Uncaught exception java/lang/NullPointerException. error and the midlet halts.
Below you can find the code
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
public class intervals extends MIDlet implements CommandListener
public Display ekran;
private SweepCanvas sweeper;
private Form rundy;
private TextField round0, round1, round2, round3, round4, round5, round6, round7, round8;
private long czas,x;
private Command exitCommand;
private Command addRound;
private Command delRound;
private Command start;
private TextField repeat;
private Form odliczanie;
private Alert ostrz;
Licznik thread;
String test;
StringItem test1;
int parz,i,j,k;
static int l;
int ilrund;
int ilpowt;
Item sec;
long sec1;
public intervals()
    rundy = new Form("Interwały sportowe");
    exitCommand = new Command("Wyjście", Command.EXIT, 2);
    addRound = new Command("Dodaj","Dodaj rundę", Command.ITEM,1);
    delRound = new Command("Usuń","Usuń ostatnią rundę", Command.ITEM,1);
    start = new Command("Start", Command.ITEM,1);
    odliczanie = new Form("Odliczanie");
    TextField dodaj(TextField kolej)
        kolej=new TextField("Podaj czas (s) rundy "+parz,null, 4, TextField.NUMERIC);//stworzenie nowej instancji do wybierania czasu trwania rundy
        if(rundy.size()==0)
            rundy.insert(rundy.size(),kolej);
            else
                rundy.insert(rundy.size()-1, kolej);
        return kolej;
    void odliczanie(TextField round)
        monitor m=new monitor();
        k=Integer.parseInt(round.getString());
        ekran.setCurrent(odliczanie);
        thread=new Licznik(k,odliczanie);
        thread.start();
        ekran.setCurrent(rundy);
public void startApp()// throws MIDletStateChangeException
    rundy.deleteAll();
    repeat = new TextField("Podaj ilość powtórzeń",null,1,TextField.NUMERIC);
    rundy.addCommand(addRound);
    rundy.addCommand(exitCommand);
    rundy.setCommandListener(this);
    Canvas obrazek = new MyCanvas();
    ekran = Display.getDisplay(this);
    ekran.setCurrent(obrazek);
    czas=System.currentTimeMillis();
    while (System.currentTimeMillis()<czas+1000)
        continue;
    ekran.setCurrent(rundy);
public void pauseApp()
public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional)
    notifyDestroyed();
public void commandAction(Command c, Displayable s)
    if (c == exitCommand)
        destroyApp(false);
        notifyDestroyed();
    else if(c==addRound)
        if(rundy.size()==0)//Sprawdzenie ilości elementów w celu poprawnego wyświetlania liczby rund w formie
            parz=1;
            else
            parz=rundy.size();
        switch(parz)
            case 1:
                round0=dodaj(round0);break;
            case 2:
                round1=dodaj(round1);break;
            case 3:
               round2= dodaj(round2);break;
            case 4:
                round3=dodaj(round3);break;
            case 5:
                round4=dodaj(round4);break;
            default:
                ostrz=new Alert("Uwaga","Maksymalna liczba rund wynosi 9", null, AlertType.INFO);
                ostrz.setTimeout(3000);
                ekran.setCurrent(ostrz);
        if(rundy.size()==1)
            rundy.append(repeat);
            rundy.addCommand(start);
        rundy.addCommand(delRound);
    else if(c==delRound)
        if(rundy.size()!=0)
            rundy.delete(rundy.size()-2);
            if (rundy.size()==1)
                rundy.deleteAll();
            if(rundy.size()==0)
                rundy.removeCommand(delRound);
                rundy.removeCommand(start);
    else if(c==start)
        ilrund=rundy.size()-1;
        if(this.repeat.size()>0)
            ilpowt=Integer.parseInt(this.repeat.getString());
        ekran = Display.getDisplay(this);
        for (i=1; i<=ilpowt;i++)
            odliczanie= new Form("Odliczanie");
             for (j=0;j<ilrund;j++)
                switch(j)
                     case 0:
                         odliczanie(round0);
                         break;
                     case 1:
                         odliczanie(round1);
                         break;
                     case 2:
                         odliczanie(round2);
                         break;
                     case 3:
                         odliczanie(round3);
                         break;
                     case 4:
                         odliczanie(round4);
                         break;
                     case 5:
                         odliczanie(round5);
                         break;
                     case 6:
                         odliczanie(round6);
                         break;
                     case 7:
                         odliczanie(round7);
                         break;
                     case 8:
                         odliczanie(round8);
                         break;
class Licznik extends Thread
    int czas1,k;
    Form forma;
    monitor m;
    public Licznik(int k,Form formap)
        czas1=k;
        forma=formap;
    public synchronized void run()
        while(czas1>0)
            forma.deleteAll();
            forma.append("Czas pozostały (s): "+czas1);
            try{Thread.sleep(1000);} catch(InterruptedException e){e.printStackTrace();}
            czas1--;
        if(czas1<=0)
            m.put();
    }and monitor class
public class monitor
boolean busy=false;
synchronized void get()
    if(!busy)
        try
            wait();
        }catch(InterruptedException e){e.printStackTrace();}
    notify();
synchronized void put()
    if(busy)
        try
        wait();
        }catch(InterruptedException e){e.printStackTrace();}
    busy=true;
    notify();
}Can anybody help me with this?

Groovemaker,
Your Licznik class has a member m of type monitor, which has not been instantiated (in other words is null) hence, when calling m.put() you get NullPointerException. Please also mind, that using Thread.sleep(1000) is not an accurate way of measuring time.
If I may, please use recommended for Java class naming conventions - some of your names use lower case, while other don't which is confusing to the reader.
Daniel

Problem with threads within applet

Hello,
I got an applet, inside this applet I have a singleton, inside this singleton I have a thread.
this thread is running in endless loop.
he is doing something and go to sleep on and on.
the problem is,
when I refresh my IE6 browser I see more than 1 thread.
for debug matter, I did the following things:
inside the thread, sysout every time he goes to sleep.
sysout in the singleton constructor.
sysout in the singleton destructor.
the output goes like this:
when refresh the page, the singleton constructor loading but not every refresh, sometimes I see the constructor output and sometimes I dont.
The thread inside the singleton is giving me the same output, sometime I see more than one thread at a time and sometimes I dont.
The destructor never works (no output there).
I don't understand what is going on.
someone can please shed some light?
thanks.
btw. I am working with JRE 1.1
this is very old and big applet and I can't convert it to something new.

Ooops. sorry!
I did.
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