I would have never guessed passwords could still be used, but then I went over to an ISPF edit screen and the password field is still there. I've ignored it for so long I don't see it anymore.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: 7. lokakuuta 2008 20:48 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PDS Lock Lindy Mayfield wrote: > What utility is used to password protect a dataset? That's one thing > I've never seen in over 20 years. <snip> I thought at one point that password protection was completely withdrawn (not only for SMS and VSAM) but I find that it's still in the books. From the JCL Reference: 12.38.2.3 Password Protection snip ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

