How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01938: IDENTIFIED BY must be specified for CREATE USER?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01938: IDENTIFIED BY must be specified for CREATE USER with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01938: IDENTIFIED BY must be specified for CREATE USER

Reason for the Error ORA-01938: IDENTIFIED BY must be specified for CREATE USER

Cannot create a user without specifying a password or “IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY”.

How to fix the Error ORA-01938: IDENTIFIED BY must be specified for CREATE USER ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Specify one of the password clauses.