Lock Account Auto with INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME - 12cR2

 

Lock Account Automatically with INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME

 

Lock Account Automatically with  INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME

 

 

Introduction

 

In Oracle 12.2 Release We can use the INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME resource parameter in profile to automatically lock the account of a database user who has not logged in to the database instance in a specified number of days.In Production database or Testing database or Development database

 

1. By default, it is set to UNLIMITED.

2. The minimum setting is 15 and the maximum is 24855.

 

 

SQL> select RESOURCE_NAME,limit from dba_profiles where profile='DEFAULT';
 
RESOURCE_NAME                               LIMIT
------------------------------------------- -----------------------
COMPOSITE_LIMIT                                UNLIMITED
SESSIONS_PER_USER                            UNLIMITED
CPU_PER_SESSION                             UNLIMITED
CPU_PER_CALL                                   UNLIMITED
LOGICAL_READS_PER_SESSION                   UNLIMITED
LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL                      UNLIMITED
IDLE_TIME                                        UNLIMITED
CONNECT_TIME                                UNLIMITED
PRIVATE_SGA                                     UNLIMITED
FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS                       10
PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME                          180
PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME                         UNLIMITED
PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX                          UNLIMITED
PASSWORD_VERIFY_FUNCTION                    NULL
PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME                          1
PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME                         7
INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME                       UNLIMITED ----------- > This is the resource_name introduced in oracle 12.2.
 
17 rows selected.

 

 

To make an account lock automatically after 30 days of inactivity, Create a profile by setting INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME to 30 and Set the profile to that user.

 

 

   CREATE PROFILE "ENDUSERINACTIVE"
    LIMIT
         COMPOSITE_LIMIT UNLIMITED
         SESSIONS_PER_USER UNLIMITED
         CPU_PER_SESSION UNLIMITED
         CPU_PER_CALL UNLIMITED
         LOGICAL_READS_PER_SESSION UNLIMITED
         LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL UNLIMITED
         IDLE_TIME UNLIMITED
         CONNECT_TIME UNLIMITED
         PRIVATE_SGA UNLIMITED
         FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS 10
         PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME 1552000/86400
         PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME UNLIMITED
         PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX UNLIMITED
         PASSWORD_VERIFY_FUNCTION NULL
         PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME 86400/86400
         PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME 604800/86400
         INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME 30;

 

SQL>  select RESOURCE_NAME,limit from dba_profiles where profile='ENDUSERINACTIVE' and resource_name='INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME';

 

RESOURCE_NAME                               LIMIT
-------------------------------------------   -----------------------
INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME                       30

 

SQL> CREATE USER amit identified by amit profile ENDUSERINACTIVE;

 

User created.

 

If you try to give a value less than 15, it will throw error like – ORA-02377: invalid profile limit INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME

 

   CREATE PROFILE "ENDUSERINACTIVE"
    LIMIT
         COMPOSITE_LIMIT UNLIMITED
         SESSIONS_PER_USER UNLIMITED
         CPU_PER_SESSION UNLIMITED
         CPU_PER_CALL UNLIMITED
         LOGICAL_READS_PER_SESSION UNLIMITED
         LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL UNLIMITED
         IDLE_TIME UNLIMITED
         CONNECT_TIME UNLIMITED
         PRIVATE_SGA UNLIMITED
         FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS 10
         PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME 15552000/86400
         PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME UNLIMITED
         PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX UNLIMITED
         PASSWORD_VERIFY_FUNCTION NULL
         PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME 86400/86400
         PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME 604800/86400
         INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME 10;
 
   CREATE PROFILE "ENDUSERINACTIVE"
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02377: invalid profile limit INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME

 

Note: Info On Lock Acoount Automatically with INACTIVE_ACCOUNT_TIME it may be differ in your environment like production,testing ,development and naming conventions etc