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23ai, orapwd and the format value

Recently I was playing with 23ai at ExaCC and got a strange error reporting format mismatch for the password file for my standby. Digging over it I saw that the orapwd has a different default value than dbca.

First, check below my database created with dbca (the same process that I described in the previous post):

[oracle@exxc05db01 ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
 
SQL*Plus: Release 23.0.0.0.0 - Production on Tue Jul 23 16:32:29 2024
Version 23.4.0.24.05
 
Copyright (c) 1982, 2024, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
 
 
Connected to:
Oracle Database 23ai EE Extreme Perf Release 23.0.0.0.0 - Production
Version 23.4.0.24.05
 
SQL> col file_name format a80
SQL> set linesize 255
SQL> select * from V$PASSWORDFILE_INFO;
 
FILE_NAME                                                                        FORMAT IS_AS IS_EX     CON_ID
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ ----- ----- ----------
+DATAC5/ORCL23A/PASSWORD/pwdorcl23a.1071.1172152403                              12     TRUE  FALSE          0
 
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 23ai EE Extreme Perf Release 23.0.0.0.0 - Production
Version 23.4.0.24.05
[oracle@exxc05db01 ~]$

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