The trigger below will check to see that user George is only changing his own password and not trying to change other peoples passwords. create procedure reset_password (p_username in varchar2, p_password in varchar2) as begin if (USER='GEORGE' and p_username in ('MARY','BILL','SUE')) then execute immediate 'alter user ' || p_username || ' identified by ' || p_password; else send_email_to_admin ('George is trying to amend ' || p_username || ' password'); raise_application_error (-20001, 'George, you cannot change other peoples passwords'); end if; end; / grant execute on reset_password to george;