GRANT failed: password file missing or disabled

Hi,
I created password file using
orapwd FILE=orapwprj ENTRIES=30 (where prj is the instance name)
SQL> show parameter remote_login_passwordfile
NAME TYPE VALUE
remote_login_passwordfile string EXCLUSIVE
SQL> grant sysdba to rempar;
grant sysdba to rempar
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01994: GRANT failed: password file missing or disabled

Command to be used as
orapwd file=password_file_name_with_complete path password=the_passwordBy default, the password file should be located in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs location for UNIX platform with password file format as "orapw<SID>"
For windows, the password file should be located in %ORACLE_HOME%\database location with password file format as "PWD<SID>"

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