title: "Alter user sys identified by" not working
body: <p>First of all, I use:</p>
  
  <p>Windows 7 x64
  Oracle Enterprise 11g R2 x32</p>
  
  <p>I have some basic experience with SQL Server and MySQL (more with MySQL). Today I started working with Oracle, and I've been bumping a lot on the way.</p>
  
  <p>The problem I'm having now is that, for some reason, I can't connect to any sys user (sysdba or sysoper). Probably I made a mistake writing the password when creating the database, but I'm not sure, so I'm trying to change it.</p>
  
  <p>I've been trying, as some searches had led me to try, to use</p>
  
  <pre><code>sqlplus /nolog
  connect / as sysdba
  alter user sys identified by new_pass;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And it seems to work. I mean, it says "User altered". However, I still can't log in sqlplus with the new password. It's a little weird, since I can connect to "sysman" with my original password, but it doesn't have the privileges I need.</p>
  
  <p>I'd appreciate any help I could get, and I thank you beforehand.</p>