In 11g the Oracle the hash password is no longer stored in DBA_USERS, it is stored in SYS.USER$ table in the column "PASSWORD" and "SPARE4". So there are different ways password can be set depending on if "PASSWORD" and "SPARE4" are set in SYS.USER$ and what you want PASSWORD_VERSIONS to be. If only "SPARE4" is … Continue reading Changing Oracle password in 11g using ALTER USER IDENTIFIED BY VALUES →