Oracle ORAPWD

Preparing to Use Password File Authentication with ORAPWD:

The syntax of the  ORAPWD  command is as follows:
ORAPWD FILE=filename  [ENTRIES= numusers ] [FORCE={Y|N}] [IGNORECASE={Y|N}]

PS：UNIX and Linux:          orapwORACLE_SID         ORACLE_HOME/dbs
        Windows:                    PWDORACLE_SID .ora   ORACLE_HOME\database

For example: 1. mv orapwda orapwda.bak

                      2.shutdown database

                      3.$ orapwd file=orapwda entries=100

                      4.restart database

FILE:Name to assign to the password file. You must supply a complete path. If you supply only a file name, the file is written to the current directory.
ENTRIES(Optional): Maximum number of entries (user accounts) to permit in the file.
FORCE (Optional):If  y, permits overwriting an existing password file.
IGNORECASE (Optional):If  y, passwords are treated as case-insensitive