Password file name in Unix

Hi,
on 10g R2 , on AIX 6.1
is the password file name format important ? What is it ?
Is the following a correct format :
orapwdMYDB
It is said in documents :
For name and location information for the Unix and Linux operating systems, see Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems.
But I can not find Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based.
Thanks.

user522961 wrote:
Thanks to all.
echo $ORACLE_HOME/appli/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
ls -ltr $ORACLE_HOME/dbs-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 3072 Dec 15 16:00 orapwdMYDB_old
-rwx------ 1 oracle dba 1263 Dec 16 10:44 initMYDB.ora
-rwx------ 1 oracle dba 1263 Dec 16 14:18 initMYDB.ora
-rw-rw---- 1 oracle dba 24 Dec 16 14:58 lkMYDB
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 3072 Jan 17 13:20 orapwMYDB
-rw-rw---- 1 oracle dba 1544 Jan 17 15:00 hc_MYDB.dat
-rw------- 1 oracle dba 3584 Jan 17 15:21 spfileMYDB.ora
env | grep ORACLE
ORACLE_SID=MYDB
ORACLE_HOME=/appli/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
And I have no sqlnet.ora !!!!!!!!!!Also post there from sqlplus SHOW PARAMETER REMOTE_LOGIN_PASSWORDFILE

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