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11G DEFAULT Profile Changes [ID 454635.1]

Modified: Nov 18, 2011

Type: BULLETIN

Status: PUBLISHED

Priority: 3

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Scope and Application
11G DEFAULT Profile Changes

Applies to:
Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 11.1.0.6 to 11.2.0.3 - Release: 11.1 to 11.2
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 18-Nov-2011***

Purpose
This bulletin explains the changes made to the DEFAULT Profile in Oracle Database 11g.

Scope and Application

The intention is to give an overview of the DEFAULT profile in Oracle Database 11g and compare it with Oracle Database 10g

11G DEFAULT Profile Changes

Following is the result from a 10G database.
In 10g, most of the resource limits are set to UNLIMITED.
In 10g:

SQL> select resource_name,limit from dba_profiles where profile='DEFAULT';

RESOURCE_NAME
-----------------------------COMPOSITE_LIMIT
SESSIONS_PER_USER
CPU_PER_SESSION
CPU_PER_CALL
LOGICAL_READS_PER_SESSION
LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL
IDLE_TIME
CONNECT_TIME
PRIVATE_SGA
FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS
PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME
PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME
PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX
PASSWORD_VERIFY_FUNCTION
PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME
PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME

LIMIT
---------------------------------------UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
10
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
NULL
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED

16 rows selected.

Changes are made in 11G for password specific parameters.

Default value of UNLIMITED is replaced for some parameters.
Here are the parameter values for default profile in 11g database

In 11g

SQL> select resource_name,limit from dba_profiles where profile='DEFAULT';

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RESOURCE_NAME
-----------------------------FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS
PASSWORD_VERIFY_FUNCTION
PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX
PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME
PRIVATE_SGA
CONNECT_TIME
IDLE_TIME
LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL
LOGICAL_READS_PER_SESSION
CPU_PER_CALL
CPU_PER_SESSION
SESSIONS_PER_USER
COMPOSITE_LIMIT
PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME
PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME
PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME

LIMIT
---------------------------------------10
NULL
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
UNLIMITED
7
180
1

16 rows selected.

We can see that the values for parameters PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME,PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME and PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME are changed in 11g
Here is the description of these parameters:
Parameter

Default
Setting

Description

FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS 10

Sets the maximum times a user try to log in and to fail before locking the account.

PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME

Sets the number of days that a user has to change his or her password before it expires.

PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME

180

Sets the number of days the user can use his or her current password.

PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME

Sets the number of days an account will be locked after the specified number of consecutive
failed login attempts.

If you choose to change these values for DEFAULT Profile, you can do so using the following sql:
SQL> ALTER PROFILE DEFAULT limit <resource_name> <value>;
Example:

SQL> ALTER PROFILE DEFAULT limit PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME 8;

Profile altered.
SQL> select resource_name,limit from dba_profiles where profile='DEFAULT';
RESOURCE_NAME
LIMIT
---------------------------- ------------------------------------PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME
8

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