How To Change the Database Password

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How To Change the Database Password

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Answer:

1. Connect to database as SYSDBA
2. Choose Menu Tools => Users


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Original Post:

Hi,

I'd like to change the database password both for SYSDBA and the user.

Help, a forum post from 2013, and zendesk, 2015 say:
Q: I have created a password, but how can I change my password?
A: You need to go to File -> Password protection, erase asterisks and enter your new password.
But there is no (menu)File -> (Item)Password protection in EssentialPim Windows 7.63 - or am I blind?

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Re: How To Change the Database Password

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Hello,

to change passwords for Business version, please use Tools-> Users menu.
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Re: How To Change the Database Password

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Mhmmm,

There's no such thing as "Users".

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Re: How To Change the Database Password

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Hello,

the menu appears when you you open the database using EPIM server (File-> Connect to Server). If you have opened database directly from disk, using File-> Open menu, the menu won't appear.
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Re: How To Change the Database Password

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That's exactly what I always do (File-> Connect to Server) and it wouldn't show...

... because I connect as the normal user.

Thinking, I tested how it would look if I connect as SYSDBA, and ta-daa!, "Tools-> Users" is there.

"Tools-> Users" is only available when connected as SYSDBA

Ah-ha.
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