change SYS password SAP Oracle

[Former Member]

Hi all,

i am newbie in SAP. we are going to change SYS password for our HRMS system running on SAP Linux on Oracle 9i.

but would like to know if any issue / impact will rise after i change SYS password

--> does the SYS password being hardcoded in anywhere?

--> what is the command should i use to change SYS?

Please help me.

Thanks

-Nonie-

[Former Member]

No. I can't think of a time where SYS's password was changed and it effected SAP.

Others will correct me if they have experienced some issues.

To change the password...

sqlplus / as sysdba

alter user sys identified by new_password;

[Former Member]

@Somckit: the only exception i know is, when you use a pwfile (orapwd). If you change your SYS password, you have to recreate it. OSS Note 168243.

So if there is no $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw file, everything is fine.

Regards Michael