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SYS and SYSTEM accounts are incorrectly listed in DBA_USERS_WITH_DEFPWD in 12c (Doc ID 2173962.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After creation of a new 12c database, the SYS and SYSTEM accounts are listed in DBA_USERS_WITH_DEFPWD even though the accounts were created with non-default passwords. Setting the same passwords again with ALTER USER correctly recognises that the accounts do not have default passwords.

The same behaviour may happen with some other built-in users e.g. DBSNMP, PDBADMIN etc.

Changes

 Fresh installation of a 12c database (both CDB and non-CDB)

Cause

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