Re: ORA-01990

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: 15 Oct 2001 02:47:38 -0700
Message-ID: <a20d28ee.0110150147.79fea09d_at_posting.google.com>


"rob" <rob_at_dsdelft.nl> wrote in message news:<9qbqru$gjj$1_at_news.tudelft.nl>...
> > SVRMGR> startup pfile=$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 probably has to do with the remote_login_passwordfile init.ora
> parameter,
> Try set remote_login_passwordfile=exclusive , this way it will access
> orapw<sid> instead of orapw.
>
> Rob

How about a null ORACLE_SID?
the setting of remote_login_passwordfile *does not* have any effect on the file name of the passwordfile.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

Regards Received on Mon Oct 15 2001 - 11:47:38 CEST

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