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I have oracle 9i database on unix sun.
When I checked the status of oracle user id in dba_users as follows:
SELECT username, user_id, account_status, expiry_date
FROM dba_users ;
some user shows account status as open but they have expired date in 2004.
profile forces 90 day password change limitation and 10 day's grace.
does it mean that it got expired on that expired date but later user changed there password so it indicates status as open ? or profile is not working?
USERNAME USER_ID ACCOUNT_STATUS LOCK_DATE EXPIRY_DATE CREATED
A 1 OPEN [NULL] 12/28/03 09/29/03
B 2 OPEN [NULL] 04/19/04 01/20/04
C 3 EXPIRED [NULL] 06/22/04 06/26/01
Thank you very much.
DC
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by: sujit_kumarPosted on 2005-04-22 at 04:06:09ID: 13841618
Expiry date mentioned in dba_users is basically means Date of expiration of the account (or the user). The user with EXPIRED status has expiry_date as " 06/26/01", whereas others have expiry date much later than that(2003, 2004). So check this out. It has nothing to do with password change. DBA will have to update the expiry dates as well as change the status for the user.
ALTER USER test VALID UNTIL 'Jan 31 2340';