Oracle 11g: Case sensitive password
With 11g rel1 Oracle introduced case sensitive passwords for database accounts based on the SHA1 (Secure Hash Algorithm). This feature can be enabled changing the init.ora parameter SEC_CASE_SENSITIVE_LOGON. By default this parameter is set to false; setting parameter to TRUE all new passwords will be case sensitive. All existing passwords – created before – will remain case insensitive until they are changed. Users imported from a 10g database have a PASSWORD_VERSIONS value of “10G” and maintain case insensitive passwords independent of the SEC_CASE_SENSITIVE_LOGON parameter setting. To enable or disable case sensitive passwords you must alter the init.ora parameter. ALTER system...