PROTECT command operands
- data_set_name
- specifies the name of the data set you want to protect. If the
data set is not cataloged, you must specify the fully-qualified name.
For example:
protect 'userid.dsn.qual' list(password) - control_password
- Required on all operands except the LIST operand. It provides the control for authorized personnel to alter the password structure on the PROTECT command. See Password data set for additional information.
- ADD | REPLACE | DELETE | LIST
- ADD(password_2)
- specifies a new password is to be required for access to the named
data set. ADD is the default.
If the data set exists and is not already protected by a password, its security counter is set and the assigned password is flagged as the control password for the data set. The security counter is not affected when additional passwords are entered.
- REPLACE(password_1, password_2)
- specifies that you want to replace an existing password, access type, or optional security information. The first value (password_1) is the existing password; the second value (password_2) is the new password.
- DELETE(password_1)
- specifies that you want to delete an existing password, access
type, or optional security information.
If the entry being removed is the control password (see the discussion following these operand descriptions), all other entries for the data set are also removed.
- LIST(password_1)
- specifies that you want the security counter, the access type, and any optional security information in the password data set entry to be displayed at your terminal.
- password_1
- specifies the existing password that you want to replace, delete, or have its security information listed.
- password_2
- specifies the new password that you want to add or to replace an existing password.
- PWREAD | NOPWREAD
- PWREAD
- specifies the password must be given before the data set can be read.
- NOPWREAD
- specifies the data set can be read without using a password.
- PWWRITE | NOWRITE
- PWWRITE
- specifies the password must be given before the data set can be written to.
- NOWRITE
- specifies the data set cannot be written to.
- DATA(‘string’)
- specifies optional security information to be retained in the system. The value that you supply for string specifies the optional security information that is to be included in the password data set entry (up to 77 bytes).