If you plan to start
the
SAS/CONNECT spawner by specifying the
service-name on the spawner start-up command, then you need to configure the spawner service in
the
TCP/IP services file. However,
if you plan to start the
SAS/CONNECT spawner by specifying the explicit
port-number or
if you use the information defined in the
SAS/CONNECT server’s metadata, then you do not need to perform this step.
The
services file is a configuration file that maps
port numbers to named services. This mapping allows programs to access ports by name as
well as by port number.
In UNIX, the location of the
services file is usually
/etc/services.
To configure the spawner service, use a text editor to add the connection service
name, the port number, and the communications protocol to the services file.
The file uses the following format:
<official-service-name> <port-number/protocol-name>
<alias-name>
as shown in the following
example:
spawnport 4016/TCP spnprt
The
<alias-name> specification
is optional.