Database Error Messages

ORA-09940

ORACLE password file header is corrupt

Cause

The header of one of the password files was not in the format that ORACLE expected.


Action

Check the headers of both files. The header should be in the format "FILE VERSION: N.N.N.N.N EXECUTABLE VERSION: N.N.N.N.N" where N is a number. Remove the corrupt file(s) and re-run "orapasswd".