Base SAS 9.1 Procedures Guide, Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4

Overview: PWENCODE Procedure

The PWENCODE procedure enables you to encode passwords. Encoded passwords can be used in place of plain-text passwords in SAS programs that access relational database management systems (RDBMSs), SAS/SHARE servers, and SAS Integrated Object Model (IOM) servers (such as the SAS Metadata Server).