Assigns a READ, WRITE, and ALTER password to a SAS file, and enables access to a password-protected SAS file.
Valid in: | DATA step and PROC steps |
Category: | Data Set Control |
Note: | Check your log after this operation to ensure password security. For more information, see Blotting Passwords and Encryption Key Values in SAS Language Reference: Concepts. |
must be a valid SAS name, which limits the password to eight characters and is case-insensitive. See Words in the SAS Language in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.