newbie create database command help needed

From: Vipul Lakhani <vipul_at_dircon.co.uk>
Date: 2000/05/14
Message-ID: <O_ET4.1246$Kc1.174796@news.dircon.co.uk>#1/1

Hi

Hoping somone can help me here

I installed oracle 8.1.5 on solrais 2.6 (Sun E250)

I used the starter db to get people developing and now want to make an additional db for testing

so i used the create database command and got the following back .... the oracle manuals mention the utility for the pass word file but

1 what is teh utility for
2 why should i use
3 the password util mentions the path name may or may not have to be used -- well does it my case

if i sound confused then i apologise --- but i just want to noddy (so a lame newbie) instructions on what to do next
eg

SVRMGR> CREATE DATABASE "vl1"
     2>     NOARCHIVELOG
     3>     /* using actual control file values */
     4>     MAXLOGFILES         16
     5>     MAXLOGMEMBERS       2
     6>     MAXDATAFILES        30
     7>     MAXINSTANCES        1
     8>     MAXLOGHISTORY       168
     9>     DATAFILE '/d1/system01.dbf' SIZE 175M
    10>     LOGFILE
    11>     GROUP  1 ('/d1/redo02.log' ) SIZE 500K,
    12>     GROUP  2 ('/d1/redo01.log' ) SIZE 500K;

CREATE DATABASE "vl1"
*
ORA-01501: CREATE DATABASE failed
ORA-01990: error opening password file
'/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/dbs/orapw' Received on Sun May 14 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT