Have you considered programatically creating file equates.

Our menu system does this, making them different for each user, group 
and account on the system.

The menu program when run in a JCL just sets the equates and bails out 
so we add it to every JCL.

It works for us.

Ken

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> In a message dated 10/19/2009 8:50:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>     Sure, just put the lockword on the file name, either in the ASSIGN
>     clause in the program, or in a FILE command.
>
> There is absolutely no way I would do this -- it's a major security 
> violation doing it that way.
>  
> I always, always, always have my programs retrieve passwords, 
> lockwords, TurboIMAGE database passwords and so on from the system 
> itself by using intrinsics (AIF's or otherwise).
>  
> That way there is no hardcoded passwords in my programs.
>  
> What happens if some joker goes and changes the passwords, lockwords 
> etc... ?
>  
> Brian.




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