Invalid password file

How can I fix this?
SQL> startup;
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 521634152 bytes
Fixed Size 729448 bytes
Variable Size 436207616 bytes
Database Buffers 83886080 bytes
Redo Buffers 811008 bytes
ORA-01991: invalid password file '/u1/ora902/dbs/orapw'
Thanx.

NPD.
The possibility is that probably the password file in use is some how tried to be opened up and have got corrupted or may be due to some other error over h/w or some thing like that ,its corrupted. The best option would be
0) Shut abort the current instance.
1) Go to the location,*'/u1/ora902/dbs* and delete the password file.
2) Use ORAPWD and create a new one. You may use this command syntax,
orapwd file='/u1/ora902/dbs/pwd<sidofyours>.ora' password=password enteries=some_number 3)Issue startup again.
Hope this would resolve it.
HTH
Aman....

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