How to fix the Oracle error ORA-28184: global user cannot have proxy permissions managed in the directory?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-28184: global user cannot have proxy permissions managed in the directory with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-28184: global user cannot have proxy permissions managed in the directory

Reason for the Error ORA-28184: global user cannot have proxy permissions managed in the directory

The client name specified was a global user.

How to fix the Error ORA-28184: global user cannot have proxy permissions managed in the directory ?

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

Use ALTER USER to change the type of user (from IDENTIFIED GLOBALLY to something else, such as IDENTIFIED BY password or IDENTIFIED EXTERNALLY).