Oracle/PLSQL: Change a user's password in Oracle

Question:  How do I change the password for a user in Oracle?

Answer:  To change a user's password in Oracle, you need to execute the alter user command.

The syntax for changing a password is:

alter user user_name identified by new_password;

user_name is the user whose password you wish to change.

new_password is the new password to assign.

For example:

If you wanted to reset the password for a user named smithj, and you wanted to set the new password to autumn, you would run the following command:

alter user smithj identified by autumn;