| The ACCESS Procedure for PC Files |
SAS enables you to
control access to SAS data sets and access descriptors by associating one
or more SAS passwords with them.
Password and Descriptor Interaction
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READ= |
WRITE= |
ALTER= |
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access descriptor |
no effect on descriptor |
no effect on descriptor |
protects descriptor from being read or updated |
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view descriptor |
protects PC file data from being read or updated |
protects PC file data from being updated |
protects descriptor from being read or
updated |
In this example, the DATASETS procedure statement assigns
the passwords MYPW and MYDEPT with READ and ALTER levels of protection to
the view descriptor VLib.JobC204:
PROC DATASETS LIBRARY=vlib MEMTYPE=VIEW;
MODIFY jobc204 (READ=mypw ALTER=mydept);
RUN;
For detailed information about the levels of protection
and the types of passwords you can use, refer to your Base SAS software documentation.
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