User account lock & expired

Hi All
I am confused what is the difference of account lock & expired does it bring to the user/owner?
If I locked an account he/she can not login.
If I expire an account he/she can not also login.
So what is the difference?
Thanks,
petra k

I am confused what is the difference of account lock & expired does it bring to the user/owner?
If I locked an account he/she can not login.
If I expire an account he/she can not also login.
So what is the difference?
When you have a basic question the first thing to do is search the Oracle documentation to see if it has the info you need.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28337/tdpsg_user_accounts.htm
Expiring and Locking Database Accounts
Oracle Database 2 Day DBA explains how you can use Database Control to unlock database accounts. You also can use Database Control to expire or lock database accounts.
When you expire the password of a user, that password no longer exists. If you want to unexpire the password, you change the password of that account. Locking an account preserves the user password, as well as other account information, but makes the account unavailable to anyone who tries to log in to the database using that account. Unlocking it makes the account available again.

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