SAS Users and Groups on Windows and UNIX

Groups for SAS on Windows and UNIX

Use the following pre-installation checklist to make sure that you have created the necessary user groups for SAS on Windows and UNIX.

Note: Creating a user group is not required on Windows. It is one suggestion for how to assign a required user right. [cautionend]

For more information, see Defining Groups in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide.

Note: These checklists are superseded by more complete and up-to-date checklists that can be found at http://support.sas.com/installcenter/plans. This Web site also contains a corresponding deployment plan and an architectural diagram. [cautionend]

Pre-installation Checklist for Groups for SAS on Windows and UNIX
Recommended Group Name	Group Members	Operating System and Purpose
SAS Server Users¹	SAS Spawned Server account	Windows-- Suggested method for assigning the Log on as a batch job user right to the SAS Spawned Server account for the stored process server and pooled workspace server.
	SAS First User Any other users	Suggested method for assigning the Log on as a batch job user right to the SAS First User and any other standard workspace server users.
sas²	SAS Installer	UNIX-- Primary group for the SAS Installer user. Enables the SAS Deployment Wizard to create the necessary log and configuration directories required by SAS.
	SAS Spawned Server account	Through group membership, grants Write permissions to the SAS Spawned Server account for modifying SAS log and configuration directories.
1 Unless Integrated Windows authentication (IWA) is implemented, add any other any external users accessing standard workspace servers. 2 Limit membership because this privileged group has operating system access to certain configuration files.

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