AUTHLIB Procedure

PROC AUTHLIB Statement

Manages metadata-bound libraries.

Syntax

PROC AUTHLIB <option(s)>;

Summary of Optional Arguments

LIBRARY=libref

is the name of the physical library for which the secured library object is created and the security information is stored.

NOWARN

suppresses error processing.

PWREQ=YES | NO

controls the pop up of a dialog box.

Optional Arguments

LIBRARY=libref

is the name of the physical library for which the secured library object is created and the security information is stored.

If the LIBRARY= option is not specified, then the LIBRARY=libref (physical library) from the CREATE, MODIFY, REMOVE, REPORT, or REPAIR statement is used.

Alias LIB=, DDNAME=, DD=
Restriction The physical library specified cannot be a concatenated library, temporary library, or accessed through a SAS/SHARE server and must be processed by an engine that supports metadata-bound libraries.

NOWARN

suppresses the file not found error message when a data set in a TABLES statement does not exist.

PWREQ=YES | NO

controls the pop up of a dialog box for a data set password in interactive mode.

YES

specifies that a dialog box appear if a missing or invalid password is entered when required.

NO

prevents a dialog box from appearing. If a missing or invalid password is entered, then the data set is not opened, and an error message is written to the SAS log.

Default PWREQ=NO