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Common user password change:

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Common user password we can change from only cdb level .container class is optional.

CDB container:
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SQL> show con_name

CON_NAME
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CDB$ROOT
SQL>
SQL> alter user C##USERTEST identified by test container=all;

User altered.

SQL> alter user C##USERTEST identified by test;

User altered.




PDB level:
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SQL> show con_name

CON_NAME
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DEV18
SQL>
SQL> alter user C##USERTEST identified by test;
alter user C##USERTEST identified by test
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-65066: The specified changes must apply to all containers


SQL> alter user C##USERTEST identified by test container=all;
alter user C##USERTEST identified by test container=all
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-65040: operation not allowed from within a pluggable database


SQL> alter user C##USERTEST identified by test container=current;
alter user C##USERTEST identified by test container=current
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-65066: The specified changes must apply to all containers