From: Pieter Lexis <pieter.lexis@powerdns.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:30:28 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Notes on Oracle password expiry
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Notes on Oracle password expiry

Closes #2491
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/authoritative/backend-generic-oracle.md b/docs/markdown/authoritative/backend-generic-oracle.md
index a7428879e..d69999651 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/authoritative/backend-generic-oracle.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/authoritative/backend-generic-oracle.md
@@ -37,3 +37,11 @@ in `/etc/tnsnames.ora`.
 
 ## `goracle-dnssec`
 Enable DNSSEC processing for this backend. Default=no.
+
+# Caveats
+## Password Expiry
+When your password is about to expire, and logging into oracle warns about this,
+the Generic Oracle backend can no longer login, and will a OCILogin2 warning.
+
+To work around this, either update the password in time or remove expiration
+from the account used.