ORA-01917: user or role '<username>' does not exist and ORA-01918: user '<username>' does not exist (Doc ID 2756394.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

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Symptoms

On : 19.3.0.0.0 version, Character Set Scanner utility (install, analyze output, performance, errors)

ACTUAL BEHAVIOR
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ORA-01917: user or role 'X' does not exist

Created a schema to install a system but everything I try to do I get the ORA-01917 message: user or role 'X' does not exist, but the schema exists, I can view it but I can't do anything. I am asking the Support assistance to identify the issue.

SQL> select username from dba_users where username='test_user';

USERNAME
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test_user <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< User exist in the database

SQL> select * from test_user.table1;
select * from test_user.tableq
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ERROR at line1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

SQL> grant create session to test_user; <<<<<<<< But hitting ORA-1917, user test_user does not exist
grant create session to test_user
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01917: user or role 'TEST_USER' does not exist

SQL> drop user test_user cascade; <<<<<<<<<<<<<< While dropping this user, again Oracle says user does not exist
drop user test_user cascade
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01918: user 'TEST_USER' does not exist

Cause

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