PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME

Question

Friends,
When a user makes a few failed login attempts, its account is locked.
Then the user can only make successive login after PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME
interval is passed according to given profile limit (or) DBA can unlock his account.
My question is how to make a user to remain his account locked, until DBA
unlock his account, and never by himself.

Answer 1

Thanks Schoeib...
I already tested without specifying password_lock_time limit in resource profile.
But after a few minutes i was able to login successfully.
See this example:
SQL> SELECT USERNAME, PROFILE FROM DBA_USERS
  2  WHERE  USERNAME = 'INTELZ' ;
USERNAME                       PROFILE
INTELZ                         SIMPLE
SQL> SELECT RESOURCE_NAME, LIMIT FROM DBA_PROFILES
  2  WHERE  PROFILE = 'SIMPLE'
  3  /
RESOURCE_NAME                    LIMIT
COMPOSITE_LIMIT                  DEFAULT
SESSIONS_PER_USER                DEFAULT
CPU_PER_SESSION                  DEFAULT
CPU_PER_CALL                     DEFAULT
LOGICAL_READS_PER_SESSION        DEFAULT
LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL           DEFAULT
IDLE_TIME                        DEFAULT
CONNECT_TIME                     DEFAULT
PRIVATE_SGA                      DEFAULT
FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS            3
PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME               DEFAULT
PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME              DEFAULT
PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX               DEFAULT
PASSWORD_VERIFY_FUNCTION         DEFAULT
PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME               DEFAULT
PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME              DEFAULT
16 rows selected.
SQL> "Now I made 3 failed login attempt....."
SQL> connect intelz/abcd
ERROR:
ORA-28000: the account is locked
"After a very few minutes, I tried to connect....
SQL> conn intelz
Enter password: **********
Connected.
I am asking how should this user remain unlocked until a DBA unlocks it only,
and never himself.
Jameel