Extending the password of an user without resetting it

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1. select current status from dba_users
2. select the value from user$
3. get the ddl
4. change the password
5. check the values form user$
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1. select current status from dba_users
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------select username, created,account_status,password,expiry_date,default_tablespace,
profile from dba_Users where username='&&user' ;
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2. select the value from user$
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------select name,password,spare4,ptime from user$ where name='&&user'
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3. get the ddl
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------set long 170
col usercreate for a160
select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('USER', username) || '/' usercreate from dba_users
where username=upper('&&user');
select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('USER', username) || '/' usercreate from dba_users
where username=upper('&user');
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4. change the password
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------alter user <>
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5. check the values form user$
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------select name,password,spare4,ptime from user$ where name='&name'
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