Re: ORA-01990: error opening password file problem

From: Audun <audunlea_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:54:08 +0200
Message-ID: <x0UF6.2971$gX3.177266@news3.oke.nextra.no>

Is there someone out there who got a hint??? I've got the same problem myself on 8.1.7.

Audun

"Sunil Pant" <spant_at_eline.com> wrote in message news:EEIF6.5833$Up.187421_at_sea-read.news.verio.net...
> Oracle executables in our development box crapped. So I reinstalled
oracle.
> Now when I try to open up the database it gives up the following message -
> ORA-01990: error opening password file
> '/Oracle/U01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/dbs/orapw'
> SVRMGR> startup
> ORACLE instance started.
> Total System Global Area 320494992 bytes
> Fixed Size 64912 bytes
> Variable Size 114507776 bytes
> Database Buffers 204800000 bytes
> Redo Buffers 1122304 bytes
> ORA-01990: error opening password file
> '/Oracle/U01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/dbs/orapw'
>
> Then I linked orapwd located in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs to orapw file and still
> it's giving the same message. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> SP
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 26 2001 - 06:54:08 CDT