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Connection using Secure External Password Store (SEPS) Fails with Error "ORA-01017: invalid username/password" from Windows Client (Doc ID 2749159.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.3.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Connection using Secured External Password Store (SEPS) Fails with Error "ORA-01017: invalid username/password" from Windows 19c Oracle Client.
Password for database user includes special characters, for example exclamation mark !

mkstore -wrl C:\<dir>\wallet -createCredential <connection string> <user> <password>

Changes

New database credentials were added via SECURE EXTERNAL PASSWORD STORE to authenticate from windows client in 19.3 version to windows database 19.9
But if the password has special characters, for example exclamation mark !,  the password is not registered completely when creating the credential using mkstore command. 

Cause

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