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Getting ORA-01017 Error While Connecting To Database System User Using Sqlplus (Doc ID 803253.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
This problem can occur on any platform.

Symptoms

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-- Problem Statement:
Getting error while connecting to database with sqlplus at the first attempt with correct password.
But getting connection with second attempt. Please see below for details

$ sqlplus system/tea4_$three
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production on Thu Mar 26 13:37:31 2009
ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied

Enter user-name: system/tea4_$three
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options


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Cause

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