How to Change APPS Password without running ADCONFIG

Any other ORACLE database user password can be changed simply by the 'alter user username identified by xxxxx' command. However the APPS user password change procedure in an Oracle Applications 11i instance has got a few more additional steps. In this post i will outline all the steps required without running the adconfig utility as well as the verification process after changing the password.

 

APPS password change procedure WITHOUT running adconfig

1. Login to any of the admin tiers of the 11i instance
2. FNDCPASS apps/old_pwd 0 Y system/sys_pwd SYSTEM APPLSYS new_pwd
3. Edit $ORACLE_HOME/reports60/server/CGIcmd.dat and update with the new password
4. Login to all of the middle tiers of the 11i instance (or just one of them if its a shared appl tier configuration)
5. Edit the following files and update them with the new password
6. $FND_TOP/bin/appsweb.cfg
7. $FND_TOP/resource/wfmail.cfg
8. $ORACLE_HOME/reports60/server/CGIcmd.dat
9. $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache/modplsql/cfg/wdbsvr.app
10. Recreate any database links that are owned by the apps user
11. Update any 3rd party tools, interfaces or scripts that have the password hardcoded

APPS password change procedure WITH adconfig

1. Login to any of the admin tiers of the 11i instance
2. FNDCPASS apps/old_pwd 0 Y system/sys_pwd SYSTEM APPLSYS new_pwd
3. Backup any customizations in the configuration files
4. cd $COMMON_TOP/admin/scripts/$CONTEXT_NAME and run adautocfg.sh
5. Restore the customizations to the configuration files
6. Login to all of the middle tiers of the 11i instance (or just one of them if its a shared appl tier configuration)
7. Backup any customizations in the configuration files
8. cd $COMMON_TOP/admin/scripts/$CONTEXT_NAME and run adautocfg.sh
9. Restore the customizations to the configuration files
10. Recreate any database links that are owned by the apps user
11. Update any 3rd party tools, interfaces or scripts that have the password hardcoded

Verification

1. Login to the database as apps user
2. Complete the AOL/J diagnostic test. This webpage asks for the new apps password and tries to complete a jdbc connection. http://11i_web_URL:port/OA_HTML/jsp/fnd/aoljtest.jsp

Conclusion

There may be lot of customizations in the configuration files that are generated by the adautocfg.sh. Saving and restoring them each and every time adautocfg.sh is run is the key to a successful apps password change procedure when adconfig is run (adautocfg.sh). If one is not sure about all the customizations in the configuration files, one can choose the first procedure above WITHOUT running adconfig.