orapwd is meant for users who needs SYSOPER,SYSDBA privileges from remote location. Its not gonna stop you if you try connecting internal as user who belongs to DBA group on the host. have a read on the following doc to get clarification on what Iam trying to explain here.

http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/...6/dba.htm#1283

Note: I have deleted your duplicate theread on the same Question-FYI

[Edited by sreddy on 07-05-2001 at 01:13 AM]