Expert Oracle and Java Security: Programming Secure Oracle Database Applications with Java

Working as the HR Schema User

For several aspects of the endeavors put forth in this book, we are going to use the HR sample schema that can be installed with Oracle 11g. If you haven't got that schema installed, you will have had difficulties in the preceding step that configured auditing on HR schema structures. Please browse to the Oracle web site for instructions on how to install the sample schemas after the fact.

Now, at the installation of Oracle, you also had the opportunity to configure a password for the HR user. If the sample schemas exist but the HR user is not configured (or simply to reconfigure the user), you can issue the ALTER USER command (as SYS or secadm):

ALTER USER hr ACCOUNT UNLOCK IDENTIFIED BY password;

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