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How to reset password that ends in $

Jennifer WeissApr 8 2026

I'm trying to reset my password using the alter user command, but am getting ‘ORA-28008: invalid old password’. I have confirmed the old password is typed correctly (copied it, logged out, pasted the value when logging in. I suspect the fact that my current password ends with $.

I have tried the 4 variants below. Is there anything else I can try?

alter user username identified by newpass replace oldpass$ ;
alter user username identified by newpass replace "oldpass$";
alter user username identified by newpass replace oldpass\$;
alter user username identified by newpass replace "oldpass\$";

If it's relevant, I'm using SQL Developer 23.1.1.345 on Mac OS Sequoia. Database is Oracle 19c.

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