NSS Statement

Specifies the NATURAL SECURITY options in the access descriptor.

Type:	Optional statement
Applies to:	access descriptor
Interaction:	DDM and SECURITY

Syntax

Details

Syntax

NSS (LIBRARY | LIB = library-identifier
USER= user-identifier
PASSWORD | PW = Natural-Security-password);

Details

Note: This statement is used only when a DDM is specified. Otherwise, it is ignored.

The NSS statement specifies NATURAL SECURITY options, including a library identifier, user identifier, and a password.

If you specify YES for the SECURITY statement in an access descriptor, values declared for Library, User, and Password cannot be changed in a subsequent view descriptor based on the access descriptor.

library-identifier

is an eight-character library identifier. The first character must be alphabetic. The library identifier is the same as the application identifier in SAS/ACCESS Interface to ADABAS, Version 6.

user-identifier

is an eight-character user identifier.

Natural-Security-password

is an eight-character ADABAS password. The value is written to the access descriptor in encrypted form.