LOCK or UNLOCK SAP Users from Database Level via SQLPlus

If we can reach the SAP system from database via SQLPLUS tool then we can lock or unlock any SAP users without the SAPGUI

Let’s look a little bit closer with some examples ;

First of all we need to know UFLAG variable ;

0      User status is UNLOCK , can logon to SAP system

32    User status is LOCK with GLOBAL ,  from Administrator , cannot logon to SAP system

64    User status is LOCK with LOCAL ,  from Administrator , cannot logon to SAP system

128   User status is LOCK , reason is wrong password , cannot logon to SAP system

Let’s check DDIC user status ;

SQL> select BNAME, MANDT, UFLAG from SAPSR3.USR02 where BNAME=’DDIC’; 

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You can see the value ; UFLAG is 0 , so it means that user DDIC status is : UNLOCK

Now we are going to change DDIC’s UFLAG value to 64

SQL> update SAPSR3.USR02 set UFLAG=64 where BNAME=’DDIC’; 

SQL> commit;

P.S : Don’t forget to run “Commit” command after every update operation.

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Now DDIC UFLAG value is 64 so this user cannot logon to SAP system anymore..

let’s change UFLAG value to 0 again to open DDIC user

SQL> update SAPSR3.USR02 set UFLAG=0 where BNAME=’DDIC’; 

SQL> commit;

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Also we can do these kind of operations to MASS USERS

Select the users which we don’t want to LOCK (example: DDIC , SAP* ve FATIHYUKSEL)  and LOCK  all other DIALOG users with  (USTYP=A) UFLAG=32

SQL>update SAPSR3.USR02 set UFLAG=’32′ where BNAME not in 

(‘DDIC’,’SAP*’,’FATIHYUKSEL’) AND UFLAG=’0′ AND USTYP=’A’;

SQL>commit;

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Except these three users, all other users are in LOCK status with UFLAG=32 value

To get back this operation just we need to run following syntax ;

SQL>update SAPSR3.USR02 set UFLAG=’0′ where BNAME not in 

(‘DDIC’,’SAP*’,’FATIHYUKSEL’) AND UFLAG=’32′ AND USTYP=’A’;

SQL>commit;

or simply

SQL>update SAPSR3.USR02 set UFLAG=’0′ where UFLAG=’32′;

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One Response to "LOCK or UNLOCK SAP Users from Database Level via SQLPlus"

  1. paulin says:

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