How to take oracle user's password and reset back to old password

Sometimes it is requires to reset the new password for temporary purpose.After a

ctivity we can reset back to old password.
---> Take the password backup using user$ view.
SQL> select NAME,PASSWORD from user$ where NAME='TEST';
NAME
PASSWORD
------------------------------ -----------------------------TEST
7A***********2D67
--> Now you can reset to the new password .
SQL> alter user TEST identified by ******;
Once activity completed.We can reset back to old password by using above 8 byte
hash value.
SQL> alter user TEST identified by values '7A***********2D67';
User altered.