| ERROR | 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. |