ORA-28001: the password has expired

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| By Webner

That’s the error you get for oracle user for whom password is expired.

One Solution – Connect using sqlplus to set new password, you can even use the same password you had earlier.

$ sqlplus

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Mon Dec 13 01:12:07 2010

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Enter user-name: myuser
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-28001: the password has expired

Changing password for myuser
New password:
Retype new password:
Password changed

Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.1.0 – 64bit Production

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