PASSWORD - Encrypt specified file password

This statement encrypts the specified file password. Both the encrypted and the unencrypted password are entered in the password table of the job. Both forms of the password are also output to SYSOUT. This means that although the file password is contained in its encrypted form in the catalog, the user can specify the unencrypted password when accessing the file, without the access being rejected as unauthorized.

Format

PASSWORD                                                                                                                                                  

fpassword

Operands

fpassword
File password consisting of 1 to 4 bytes (see “Format conventions for passwords” (Passwords)).

Example

/start-password
ENTER COMMAND NOW : 
*password c'susi'
PASSWORD X'9A41632A'
PASSWORD C'SUSI'
*end
PASSWORD : NORMAL   END