ORA-28000

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ORA-28000: the account is locked

Cause: The user has entered wrong password consequently for maximum number of times specified by the user's profile parameter FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS, or the DBA has locked the account

Action: Wait for PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME or contact DBA

Sde.log:
[05/07/2007 15:29:47;SdeId=0;Client=GIOMGR] Error (-51):Couldn't Start Server Task.
DB_open_instance()::db_connect (OCI8) error: 28000
CAN'T OPEN INSTANCE: ESRI_SDE.

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