Inconsistent password file in solaris

hi,
Iam using solaris 5.10 and installing oracle 10g database.
I have created groups. and when i am adding oracle user with following command:
useradd -g oinstall -G dba -d /export/home/oracle oracle
-it returns
man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands: passmgmt(1M)
error.
plz reply me urgent.
-Yuvraj

Check for inconsistent entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.
http://sysadmintalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=1218
Werner

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Inconsistent password files. See pwconv(1M).

i am trying to install an application on sun machine with solaris 9.
i recieve following error message.
sog group exist ...
sogadm user not exist create...
UX: /usr/sbin/useradd: ERROR: Inconsistent password files. See pwconv(1M).
pkgadd: ERROR: preinstall script did not complete successfully

Do as it says and check the man page for pwconv
Run the command (once you've read the man page and understood what it does) and it will fix the problems with the file

Password file path

I want to create a password file in Solaris 10, is there any requirement for its path? i.e., can I create the password file in whatever path I want?

yes you can else it will create on default folder that is <ORACLE_HOME>/dbs (in unix)
<ORACLE_HOME>/database (in windows)
Rgds,
Umair

Reg; password reset in solaris

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Can anyone help me to reset one of my login password in solaris server .
Actually, my password got expired and unix team has reset the password based on my request.Thereafter they have warned me to chnage the password using password -r, but I am unable to do so.
Can any one help me in giving the complete command.
I have tried twice in two ways, but no use --
1) passwd -r username
2)passwd -r existingpasswd
But both the ways, No luck.
can anyone share the exact coomand.please
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Srini

Hi,
I dont have root password.
I have tried both ways, noluck
sd1db01:oradb$ passwd oradb
passwd: Unsupported nsswitch entry for "passwd:". Use "-r repository ".
Unexpected failure. Password file/table unchanged.
sd1db01:oradb$ passwd
passwd: Changing password for oradb
passwd: Unsupported nsswitch entry for "passwd:". Use "-r repository ".
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sd1db01:oradb$
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Password file ,SPfile

Hi
I want to take back up of password file and spfile/pfile how?
I am working in oracle 10g under solaris environment
thanks
raj

Both the parameter (either pfile or spfile) and the password file should not be a big deal when backing them up, just copy them to a backup location.
If you are using recovery manager make sure the controflile backup parameter is configured so you can ensure the spfile can be backed up by rman. If you are currently using pfile, you must manually backup this.
In case you loose the password file, this can easily be rebuilt by means of the orapwd utlity. And in case you loose the pfile this can be rebuilt after the information of the non-default instance parameters, listed at your alertSID.log file.
Another way to backup the spfile is by means of the sql command:
CREATE PFILE [pfileSpec] FROM SPFILE [spfileSpec];
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~ Madrid

Password file users issue... RAC help please...

Hi guys,
i have a two node rac database installed on my laptop.. 11gr2.
in rac a database will be accessed by more than once instance correct....
here i have two instance myinst1 and myinst2.
here if we add a user in any one of the instances (say myinst1).. using that user account. the user can connect to either the myinst1 and myinst2.... correct....
say now i grant the user i just created with the SYSDBA and SYSOPER privileges.. (user created on myinst1).
now i can connect to both of the instance using the following syntax as a sysdba..
connect user/password@servicename as sysdba
now here comes the best part..
oracle states that once the user is given either the sysdba or sysoper it will be updated in the password file...
now as i have created the user in the myinst1 instance and granted the privileges there... the password file at the node myinst1 shows the details of the user in the V$PWFILE_USERS views. where as the other instance myinst2 V$PWFILE_USERS does nt have the user...
can any one tell me why is this happening... do i have to explictly grant the SYSDBA privilege on all the instances once if i want to grant a user with the sysdba or sysoper privilege...

Surely there is more than this? I have always believed that the only valid configuration of a Password File in RAC is for a single file to be shared by all instances - by putting it on a shared file system or multipathed raw volume (like the database files), with a Unix symbolic link or init.ora SPFILE reference on each node. I have seen documentation that people have stored a database password file in ASM (SPFILE=+XYZ...) and even on NFS and CIFS.
SYSDBA and SYSOPER access uses the password file of course and it is effectively part of the database, and to me it seems reasonable to expect that an instance will only update the one Password File it knows aboutwhen SYSDBA/OPER access is added, removed or changed; so the consequences of having multiple copies for a single database may be expected to be bad. It was noted here that granting SYSDBA privilege on one node leads to inconsistency in that account's privileges across nodes. Maybe worse is that removing SYSDBA access from one node could leave SYSDBA access to other nodes/instances in place, in clusters where there are multiple local password files... this can be viewed as a very serious security defect, which one of our DBAs has demonstrated.
Now I have learned that Oracle's documentation does not actually give much advice about the configuration of Password Files for RAC; that while some people have done what I expected for years, some product guides suggest on the contrary that local copies should be created on each node; and even that Oracle may not support a single Password File on a shared device. Having Googled the web and scanned this forum quickly, I haven't found a resolution. I am stunned.
I am sure that, of all people, the RAC SIG will be able to advise on this authoritatively, so please do so. If it turns out that Oracle does not recommend or support the use of a single shared file (*),then I suggest there is a significant issue.
(*) Just to be clear, I am not refering to a SHARED password file, but to an EXCLUSIVE one that is on a shared storage volume accessed by every instance of the same RAC database. How Oracle behaves with a SHARED parameter setting may be another issue.

How to change the default password file's name and path when the database created?

how to change the default password file's name and path when the database created?
null

Usage: orapwd file=<fname> password=<password> entries=<users>
where
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How to change default location of password file ?

Hi all,
Can i change the location of my password file from default to any other user defined location ?
If yes then how ?
Thanx in advance.
Deep

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How do i find the location of Oracle password file in the HDD

we giv the location of the password file while we use the orapwd command to create one.
later if we forget the location of the password file (incase it is not at the default location) then is there a way to find it or do we just create a new password file?
secondly, for oracle to use the password file we giv the remote_login_passwordfile='EXCLUSIVE' in the parameter file. wat tells oracle the location of the exact password file??
Thanks
Arvind
Edited by: iinfi on Sep 29, 2008 12:15 AM

The default location are OS dependant.
On Unix/Linus it is under $ORACLE_HOME/dbs
On Windows, it is under %ORACLE_HOME%/database
To change the default location, nothing inside database, but :
On Unix/Linux, you have to create a symbolic link for that file to the target location
On Windows, you have to change env variable (regedit) ORA_PWFILE and ORA_SID_PWFILE
So, you have to check this setting for the real password file location.
Nicolas.

Configuring password file in oracle 10g

Hi
Can anyone here guide me to the steps to be followed in configuring password file.
I am learning cloning using RMAN. For that purpose I need to configure password file at first.
I created the password file using orapwd utility.
and then made the required changes in tnsnames.ora and listener.ora files. Reloaded listener.
Set SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NONE) in the sqlnet.ora file
Made the changes required in the initialization parameter file for the duplicate database instance.
Next, export ORACLE_SID= <DUPLICATE DATABASE NAME>
CREATE SPFILE FROM PFILE
STARTUP FORCE NOMOUNT;
rman TARGET sys/password@target-tnsname AUXILIARY sys/password@duplicate-tnsname
At this stage, I get the below error.
RMAN-00554 initialization of internal recovery manager package failed
RMAN- 04006 error from auxiliary database: ORA- 01031 : Insufficient privileges

userark160 wrote:
rman TARGET sys/password@target-tnsname AUXILIARY sys/password@duplicate-tnsname
At this stage, I get the below error.
RMAN-00554 initialization of internal recovery manager package failed
RMAN- 04006 error from auxiliary database: ORA- 01031 : Insufficient privileges
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Formatting the encrypted hard drive or intalling OS again with PXE boot can change TPM owner password file?

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- Check for the encryption behavior.
Cause I have found on some model that if the OS drive is encrypted, PXE boot fail on that machine even though I also did a direct PXE on an encrypted machine with clearing the TPM.
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Use of password file?

good day !
i am confused and still cannot digest the need to use a password file!
can anyone provide me with links or any explaination on why we need a password file!
i need the password file so that i can setup dataguard!
thnx

You can Oralce administration guide,
Database Administrator Authentication
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14231/dba.htm#i1006534

Error opening password file

Hi, I'm traying to start up a database in sqlplus on SuSE 8.2 and Ora9.2, I have the next error:
SQL> conn / as sysdba
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup pfile=/opt/ora9/admin/pavilion/pfile/initmydb.ora
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 101781824 bytes
Fixed Size 450880 bytes
Variable Size 83886080 bytes
Database Buffers 16777216 bytes
Redo Buffers 667648 bytes
ORA-01990: error opening password file '/opt/ora9/product/9.2/dbs/orapw'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
My password file is /opt/ora9/product/9.2/dbs/orapwmydb
How can I use my orapwmydb file?

Hi Marco,
as far as I know, you have to use the REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE = SHARED option in your init...ora file.
In this case you have one password file for one or more databases. It can only have the entries for SYS and INTERAL.
I'm sorry to cannot answer your question of having different password files for different databases %-)
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[HELP] ORA-01990 Error opening password file '/home/oracle/OraHome1/dbs/ora

Dear All,
I have changed the PWD file on oracle 9.2.04 under linux redhat advance server 2.1. but when i start to open database by issuing dbstart, i get
ORA-01990: Error opening password file '/home/oracle/OraHome1/dbs/orapw'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2 : no such file or directory
additional information: 3
How to solve the problems?
thanks and regard
ER

Hai all...
I did it all..
but still I got
ORA-01990: Error opening password file '/home/oracle/OraHome1/dbs/orapw'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2 : no such file or directory
additional information: 3
Help me...
Thanks
regard
ER

Ora-01990 error in opening the password file

Hi,
I created a password file by using orapwd utility. Then later on I modified the remote_login_passwordfile in the spfile by giving the command:
sql> alter system set remote_login_passwordfile=exclusive
scope=spfile.
Then it is altered. Later on I shutdown the database and When I was trying to connect to the databse again, I am getting the following errors.
ORA-01990 error openeing the passowrd file.
ORA-27037 unable to obtain file status
linux error:2 no such file or directory.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
I tried that also.It is giving ora-32001 write to spfile requested but no spfile specified at startup.
First Manually I deleted the password file and I set the remote_login_passwordfile=none in the parameter file and again I started the instance just by giving
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then I tried to modify the the Remote_Login_PASSWORDFILE thru alter system set command.then it is giving the above error. then I again shutdown the DB and again I started without specifying the parameter file or spfile just saying sql>startup. Then also it is not taking the SPFILE to startup. why is so? Then also same error I am getting?
ora-32001 write to spfile requested but no spfile at startup. can anyone of you help me.
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Inconsistent password file in solaris

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