How to unlock SAP* user in Ms SQL database

Whenever SAP* user got locked (mainly in 000 Client), in most cases we are supposed to unlock the SAP* User in database level.

Before logging into SAP system using SAP* user, be aware whether the parameter login/no_automatic_user_sapstar is set to value 0 (Zero).

If the value of parameter login/no_automatic_user_sapstar is set to 1, it will not allow the SAP* user to login to the SAP system.

Steps to Unlock the SAP* user (DB level)

1. Try login SAP system with SAP* user

SAP* user got locked due to too many attempts with wrong password.

2. Login to Ms SQL Database,

3. Execute the query:

select * from er1.USR02

The status of the user is locked/Not locked is identified in the field UFLAG.

In the above screenshot, value of UFLAG is 128 for the user SAP*, means the SAP* user got locked.

Note : If the value of UFLAG results in a Non-Zero value, then it means that the user got locked.

4. Execute the query:

select * from er1.USR02 where BNAME=‘SAP*’ and MANDT=‘000’ to find the details of only SAP* user.

For Unlocking the user, the value of UFLAG should be set to 0 (Zero).

5. Execute the query:

update er1.USR02 set UFLAG=‘0’ where BNAME=‘SAP*’ and MANDT=‘000’

6. Now execute the query :

select * from er1.USR02 where BNAME=‘SAP*’ and MANDT=‘000’

Now the Value of UFLAG has been altered to 0.

SAP* user has been unlocked.

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Eduardo Rezende
September 2, 2013 at 4:29 pm
Hi Dino,

Nice document. Very detailed!

Regards,

Eduardo

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1. Former Member Post authorSeptember 3, 2013 at 4:25 am
  
  Thanks a Lot Eduardo Rezende 🙂
  
  Warm Regards,
  
  Dino
  
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S Sriram September 5, 2013 at 12:52 pm

Hi

Good one 😎

Thanks

Ram

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Nicolas VANDER AUWERA September 9, 2013 at 12:40 pm

Bookmarked and liked !

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Former Member November 3, 2013 at 4:58 am

thanks Dino, you did a grate Job 😉

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Former Member March 27, 2015 at 12:18 pm

kindly confirm if i follow the above procedure do i need to restart the system.

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1. Former Member March 27, 2015 at 12:21 pm
  
  Hi Aravind,
  
  No need to restart the system.
  
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  1. Former Member March 27, 2015 at 12:24 pm
    
    thanks gaurav
    
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Former Member April 1, 2015 at 4:05 pm

Thanks for sharing the procedure

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Former Member April 12, 2015 at 12:09 am

eXcellent documentation, thanks a lot.

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Former Member June 12, 2015 at 5:19 pm

Can any1 explain for Oracle database in Windows environment..???

Regards,

Javed

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1. Luis Darui
  June 12, 2015 at 9:24 pm
  Hi Javed, you should seek similar information in the following space:
  
  SAP on Oracle
  
  I don’t work with Oracle but it seems to me that the tables are the same, so you would need to use sqlplus or other Oracle tool to connect to DB.
  
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  1. Joshua Lacroix June 15, 2015 at 5:03 pm
    
    Google it, Ive done it tons of times on Oracle, its very common on many sites.
    
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Former Member January 25, 2016 at 4:19 am

Thanks Dino, this was really helpful.

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