oracle中可以用dba权限的用户修改普通用户的密码，但是无法知道修改前的密码。但是很多情况下我们临时需要这个用户登录来进行操作，这种情况下该怎么做呢？看以下例子：
SQL> select username,password from dba_users;

USERNAME                       PASSWORD
------------------------------ ------------------------------
ZZX2                           1E994E4C72851794
ZZX1                           73F51A4EE6BC2ADA
TEST                           7A0F2B316C212D67
ZZX                            95CC1F824F235EA6
TEMP                           323717C58110E7D2
DIP                            CE4A36B8E06CA59C
TSMSYS                         3DF26A8B17D0F29F
SYSMAN                         529C4B313370F68A
DBSNMP                         E066D214D5421CCC
OUTLN                          4A3BA55E08595C81
MGMT_VIEW                      F8DF5E70938DADF0

USERNAME                       PASSWORD
------------------------------ ------------------------------
SYS                            FED5CF24DA07F8A0
SYSTEM                         7E6E822C54BEBF48

13 rows selected.

我们并不知道用户test的密码，这里修改为临时的密码：
SQL> alter user test identified by "123";

User altered.

用新密码进行连接：
[zzx@localhost ~]$ sqlplus test/123

SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue May 6 11:32:28 2008

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Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options

SQL>

临时操作完成后，改回原始密码：
SQL> alter user test identified by values '7A0F2B316C212D67';

User altered.

此时，临时密码失效：
SQL> conn test/123
ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied