Also, in SPSS 13, under File . . ., you can mark a file as READ ONLY, in case that helps.

Regards, James Parry

-----Original Message----- From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of W.H. van Atteveldt Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:58 AM To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: protect dataset with password

AFAIK, there is no password protection feature in SPSS.

You can place it on a windows share or NTFS directory and restrict write access to the people authorized? That way, everyone can read it and make local copies, but they cannot change the master file...

HTH

Wouter van Atteveldt

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