oracle express sytem Invalid Login Credentials

oracle oracle-xe ora-01017
azevik picture azevik · Nov 24, 2009 · Viewed 21.3k times · Source

i just installed oracle express, im trying to login at database homepage. trying with user sys and system with the password i gave at the installation but i cant log in. message: Invalid Login Credentials at sql command line trying to connect ora-01017 invalid username/password; logon denied

i dont know how to modify the password or just try to uninstall and reinstall?

thanks for the answer.

Answer

dcp picture dcp · Nov 24, 2009

You can try this from the DOS command line:

sqlplus /nolog
connect / as sysdba;
alter user sys identified by newpass;

Make sure the Oracle bin folder is on your path, but XE installation usually modifies that for you automatically.

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