How to fix the Oracle error ORA-28000: the account is locked?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-28000: the account is locked with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-28000: the account is locked

Reason for the Error ORA-28000: the account is locked

The user has entered wrong password consequently for maximum number of times specified by the user’s profile parameter FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS, or the DBA has locked the account

How to fix the Error ORA-28000: the account is locked ?

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

Wait for PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME or contact DBA