$PLUG on$

VESOFT's SECURITY/3000's VEOPEN call does the same stuff.

(The main problem being is that the DB's password has to
be hardcoded in compiled programs, and this resolves that
issue.)

From their help file:

/SYS/PUB%>sec help veopen

  1. Introduction: Database security
  2. Setting up the VEOPEN access control file (ACF)
  3. MPE/V and MPE/iX differences: calling VEOPEN in CM
  4. COBOL calls to VEOPEN
  5. FORTRAN calls to VEOPEN
  6. PASCAL calls to VEOPEN
  7. SPL calls to VEOPEN
  8. Making program which source you don't have call VEOPEN
  9. SL segments, patching them to use VEOPEN
 10. Changing your entire application system to call VEOPEN
 11. Calling VEOPEN from your Native Mode programs
 12. MPE/V and MPE/iX differences: calling VEOPEN in NM
 13. QUIT with parameter -1041 when using VEOPEN
 14. VEOPENNL.PUB.VESOFT, VEOPEN NL file for MPE/iX
 15. The exact syntax of a VEOPEN access control file (ACF)
 16. $USER, VEOPEN ACF keyword
 17. $PROGRAM, VEOPEN ACF keyword
 18. $MODE, VEOPEN ACF keyword
 19. $PASSWORD, VEOPEN ACF keyword
 20. $CLASS, VEOPEN ACF keyword
 21. $FORBID, VEOPEN ACF keyword
 22. Installing VEOPEN
 23. VEPROC.JOB.VESOFT, installing VEOPEN
 24. The VEOPEN "INSTANT DEMO"
 25. Calling the "VEOPEN" procedure from your programs
 26. PATCH, VEOPEN.PUB.VESOFT entry point
 27. DBPROTECT, VEOPEN.PUB.VESOFT entry point
 28. VEOPENCH
 29. REMOVE, option for MPEX's VEOPENCH command

$PLUG off$

> Is there an easy way using dbuitl to set an database to read only ??
>
> Thanks
>
> James Reynolds
> HP3000 System Administrator
> Presbyterian Health Plan
> Albuquerque, NM
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> 505-923-8076