Oracle Solution for Error ora-09940

ORA-09940: ORACLE password file header is corrupt

What triggered the Error:

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

What should we do to fix it:

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".