APPS User Account locked in Oracle EBS

During the post clone in EBS Application, Removed the existing node entry and try
to ran autoconfig on database tier. and its completed with error,

In log file,

WARNING: Exception occurred: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-28000: the account is

locked

SQL> select username,account_status from dba_users where username like 'APPS';

USERNAME ACCOUNT_STATUS
------------------------------ --------------------------------
APPS LOCKED

SQL> alter user apps account unlock;

User altered.

$ sqlplus apps/apps

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.4.0 on Sat Mar 10 01:11:11 2017

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ERROR:
ORA-28000: the account is locked

Even after unlock the apps user also, same issue exists.

Solution:

SQL> select * from dba_profiles where RESOURCE_NAME like 'FAILED%';

PROFILE RESOURCE_NAME RESOURCE

------------------------------ -------------------------------- --------
LIMIT
----------------------------------------
DEFAULT FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS PASSWORD
3

AD_PATCH_MONITOR_PROFILE FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS PASSWORD

3

EM_OAM_MONITOR_PROFILE FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS PASSWORD

3

SQL> alter profile DEFAULT LIMIT FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS UNLIMITED;

Profile altered.

After changing the profile value as unlimited, we are able to connect apps user and
auto config also completed successfully.