ORA-01990

Hello,

I'm having trouble starting up a database. This is the output:

	SVRMGR> startup pfile=$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/initdb1.ora
	ORACLE instance started.
	Total System Global Area                        100167664 bytes
	Fixed Size                                          69616 bytes
	Variable Size                                    27475968 bytes
	Database Buffers                                 72450048 bytes
	Redo Buffers                                       172032 bytes
	ORA-01990: error opening password file
'/u01/app/oracle/product/8_1_6/dbs/orapw'
	SVRMGR>

This is the documentation for this error message:

ORA-01990 error opening password file 'string'

     Cause: An attempt to open the specified password file failed because of one of the following errors:

• An operating system error occurred.
• ORAPWD is already running, so the password file is locked. The environment variables ORA_sid_PWFILE and ORA_PWFILE are not set. Action: Check for the above causes and correct as necessary.

File '/u01/app/oracle/product/8_1_6/dbs/orapw' does not exist. This is the contents of this directory:

$ pwd
/u01/app/oracle/product/8_1_6/dbs
$ ls -l
total 56
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 8385 Dec 9 1999 init.ora
lrwxrwxrwx 1 oracle oinstall 47 Oct 13 23:58 initdb1.ora -> /u01/app/oracle/admin/db1/pfile/initdb1.ora
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 9219 Aug 27 1999 initdw.ora
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 835 Nov 3 1999 initsoxx.sql
-rw-rw---- 1 oracle oinstall 24 Oct 14 01:02 lkDB1
-rwSr----- 1 oracle oinstall 1536 Oct 14 00:19 orapwdb1
$

Any pointers, FAQ's would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
d.t. Received on Sun Oct 14 2001 - 07:21:20 CEST