I just installed the new 9i server using OUI on a win2K box, and everything is fine. I haven't explicitly set up password file using orapwd, and I noticed the remote_login_passwordfile has been set to EXCLUSIVE in the init.ora which means I am using Password file authentication now. So does that mean the password file has been set up already?

I did a search on all Oracle directories, but can't find any .pwd file. So I am using the password file authentication w/o the file being created?