PASSWORD


>>-+----------------------------------------+------------------><
   '-+-PASsword-+--(--+-ddn------------+--)-'   
     '-PSWD-----'     | .-,----------. |        
                      | V            | |        
                      '---dsn--/pswd-+-'

PASSWORD specifies the passwords DFSMSdss uses for selected password-protected sequential and partitioned data sets. (Password checking is bypassed for RACF-protected data sets.) This keyword is required only if:

You do not have the required volume-level RACF® DASDVOL or RACF DATASET access.
The installation authorization exit does not bypass the checks.

Note: You should specify the passwords for all data sets that do not have RACF protection but do have password protection. During processing, a utility invoked by DFSMSdss may have to prompt the operator for a password. You can control authorization checking by using the installation authorization exit.

ddn: Specifies the name of the DD statement that identifies the sequential data set or member of a partitioned data set that contains data set names and their passwords. This data set must contain card-image records in DFSMSdss command syntax format.
dsn/pswd: dsn is a fully qualified data set name. pswd is its password. If no password follows the slash (/), dsn is treated as though it were ddn.

Printing of actual data set passwords specified in your input command stream is suppressed in the SYSPRINT output.

For additional information about the installation authorization exit, see z/OS DFSMS Installation Exits.