https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Protecting-SAS-Datasets/m-p/66927#M19129 These tools, similar to Excel, do not protect you from a deletion from the OS. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:55:02 GMT Doc_Duke 2009-08-25T20:55:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Protecting-SAS-Datasets/m-p/66925#M19127 I was wondering if there was a way similar to Excel, that you can put a password on a dataset so it can not be over-written or changed? <BR /> <BR /> Just need a way to provide some security for certain datasets. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:05:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Protecting-SAS-Datasets/m-p/66925#M19127 Chiefsfan4ever 2009-08-25T18:05:18Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Protecting-SAS-Datasets/m-p/66926#M19128 Search the SAS support <A href="http://support.sas.com/" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/</A> website using this Google advanced search argument:<BR /> <BR /> password protect sas datasets site:sas.com<BR /> <BR /> There is SAS-hosted documentation and also supplemental technical and conference topic-related reference documents for review and use.<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:17:46 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Protecting-SAS-Datasets/m-p/66926#M19128 sbb 2009-08-25T18:17:46Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Protecting-SAS-Datasets/m-p/66927#M19129 These tools, similar to Excel, do not protect you from a deletion from the OS. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:55:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Protecting-SAS-Datasets/m-p/66927#M19129 Doc_Duke 2009-08-25T20:55:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Protecting-SAS-Datasets/m-p/66928#M19130 Thanks Guys. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:52:10 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Protecting-SAS-Datasets/m-p/66928#M19130 Chiefsfan4ever 2009-08-26T14:52:10Z