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How to audit DB user password change using Unified Auditing ? (Doc ID 2471665.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 You can define an audit policy to audit "change password" command when a user change his own password.

For example.

CREATE AUDIT POLICY TEST_POLICY_PASSWORD_CHANGE ACTIONS CHANGE PASSWORD;

But, this audit policy doesn't capture when a SYS or non-sys user change the password of another user.

Cause

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