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How to Audit Potential Attempts to Break a Username/Password (Doc ID 221944.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

How to enable audit to trace a user/terminal who is trying to break in username and password in the database?

How to audit the unsuccessful database login attempts?

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