What is a profile ?

Each  database  user  is  assigned  a Profile that specifies limitations on various system resources available to the user.

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Chiranjeevi Manne

  • Mar 30th, 2007
 

A profile contains the details about the RESOURCE LIMITS and PASSWORD LIMITS at Oracle level pertaining to a specific user.

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A profile is used to restrict the reource uses, password reuses, idle time of a session etc.  We can also attach a password verify function for the database user.  A database user can be assigned a profile.  It is an optional clause.  By default it takes DEFAULT profile.

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