Profiles in Oracle Profiles are used to limit resources a user can use. Then, they can be assigned to users with alter user ... profile command. Limitable resources The following limits can be specified: Kernel limits: Maximum concurrent sessions for a user: (sessions_per_user) CPU time limit per session: (cpu_per_session) CPU time limit per call: (cpu_per_call) Call being parse, execute and fetch Maximum connect time: (connect_time) The session will be dropped by oracle after specified time. Maximum idle time (idle_time) The session will be dropped by oracle after specified time of doing nothing. Long running processes are not idle! Maximum blocks read per session: (logical_reads_per_session) Maximum blocks read per call: (logical_reads_per_call) Maximum amount of SGA: (private_sga) In order to enforce kernel limits, resource_limit must be set to true. Password limits: Maximum failed login attempts: (fa...