Working with objects protected by guards

The GUARDS protection mechanism is activated or deactivated explicitly by the owner of an object by means of commands or program interfaces.

Alongside the protection mechanism using condition guards (guard type: STDAC), the following additional access protection always exists:

• Passwords (WRITE-PASSWORD, READ-PASSWORD, EXEC-PASSWORD) Write or read accesses to a file or job variable and execute accesses to a file are only permitted after entry of the corresponding password.

• Retention period (EXPIRATION-DATE)
  Modification or deletion of a file or job variable is not permitted within a specified period of time.