ORA-01994: GRANT failed: password file missing or disabled

ORA-01994: GRANT failed: password file missing or disabled
Symptoms of The Error:
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In unix system whenever you tried to grant sysdba privilege to a user it returns with error.


ORA-01994: GRANT failed: password file missing or disabled.


Cause of The Problem:
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The oracle software owner is not the owner of the passwordfile.


Solutions of The Problem:
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1)Log on to Unix box as the same user who owns the file $ORACLE_HOME and create the password file as follows.


$orapwd file=$ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw$ORACLE_SID password=password entries=4 force=y
(注意文件名：应该为orapw$ORACLE_SID,否则无法识别。我就犯了这个错误）


2)Now grant sysdba privilege to the users that you need. Check V$PWFILE_USERS about the entry.


SQL>GRANT SYSDBA to SYSTEM;


3)Check the owner of $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw$ORACLE_SID


This would typically,


SQL> !ls -l $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw$ORACLE_SID
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1536 Apr 23 16:31 /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs/orapwdata1


4)If it is not to dba then change the ownership by


$chown oracle:dba $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw$ORACLE_SID


Also change permission by,


$chmod 4640 $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw$ORACLE_SID

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