How can I kill all sessions connecting to my oracle database?

database-administration, kill, oracle, session, sqlplus

Solution

This answer is heavily influenced by a conversation here: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1395151&page=3

ALTER SYSTEM ENABLE RESTRICTED SESSION;

begin     
    for x in (  
            select Sid, Serial#, machine, program  
            from v$session  
            where  
                machine <> 'MyDatabaseServerName'  
        ) loop  
        execute immediate 'Alter System Kill Session '''|| x.Sid  
                     || ',' || x.Serial# || ''' IMMEDIATE';  
    end loop;  
end;

I skip killing sessions originating on the database server to avoid killing off Oracle's connections to itself.

Problem

I need to quickly (and forcibly) kill off all external sessions connecting to my oracle database without the supervision of and administrator. I don't want to just lock the database and let the users quit gracefully. How would I script this?

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