How to fix ORA-01017 in 23ai Oracle

 As you know Oracle has announced 23ai as a big announcement with so many features more than 300 for developers and Oracle users, here is the post on How to fix ORA-01017 in 23ai Oracle for the VM which Oracle provides to developer for free .

[oracle@localhost ~]$ ps -ef | grep smon

oracle      1738       1  0 17:27 ?        00:00:00 db_smon_FREE

oracle      4398    4334  0 17:37 pts/3    00:00:00 grep --color=auto smon

[oracle@localhost ~]$ . oraenv

ORACLE_SID = [FREE] ? FREE

The Oracle base remains unchanged with value /opt/oracle

[oracle@localhost ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 23.0.0.0.0 - Production on Sat May 25 17:37:30 2024

Version 23.4.0.24.05

Copyright (c) 1982, 2024, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

ERROR:

ORA-01017: invalid credential or not authorized; logon denied

Help: https://docs.oracle.com/error-help/db/ora-01017/

[oracle@localhost ~]$ sqlplus sys@localhost:1521/FREEPDB1 as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 23.0.0.0.0 - Production on Sat May 25 17:38:24 2024

Version 23.4.0.24.05

Copyright (c) 1982, 2024, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Enter password:

Connected to:

Oracle Database 23ai Free Release 23.0.0.0.0 - Develop, Learn, and Run for Free

Version 23.4.0.24.05

So the solution is, the credentials must be used for FREEPDB1 as mentioned in the Oracle portal . Here is the link for more info to get started with 23ai https://www.oracle.com/database/free/get-started/