Are you sure that you have ORACLE_SID set? It sounds like it is null.

joe


>>> "Yvonne Tingstad "
<oracledba-ezmlmshield-x3398217.[Email address protected] 06/29/06 1:05
PM >>>
I am trying to create a test db and it is telling me that the password
file doesn't exist. I've created a orapwSID password file in the
$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/ directory just as I have all of the others with the
same file permissions. The strange thing this time is that it is
looking
for $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw file rather then orapwSID file...any ideas?

I'm using Oracle 9.2.0.7 on AIX 5.3


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