SAS/CONNECT Spawner in UNIX

Location of the Spawner Executable in UNIX

The SAS/CONNECT spawner executable file, cntspawn.exe, is located in the directory in which SAS is installed at your site or on your computer. Throughout this document, this folder is referred to as the SAS-installation-directory.

In UNIX the spawner executable is installed by default in the following location:

     SAS-installation-directory/utilities/bin/cntspawn.exe

Managing SAS/CONNECT Spawner in UNIX

Spawner Security

If connecting to a UNIX server using a spawner, SAS/CONNECT uses the default authentication mechanism to verify the user ID and to verify that the password is correct for the specified user ID.

Starting the Spawner in UNIX

To start the SAS/CONNECT spawner in UNIX, specify the spawner invocation command as shown here:

   cntspawn <options>

Example:

   cntspawn -mgmtport 7555 -sascmd "/u/username/mystartup"

For a list of other available spawner invocation options, see Options for Starting and Managing the SAS/CONNECT Spawner.

If you are running the SAS/CONNECT spawner as a TCP/IP service and have configured the spawner service in the TCP/IP services file, then you can start the spawner using the -SERVICE option as shown in the following example:

   cntspawn -service service-name -<options>

Example:

   cntspawn -service mySpawner -mgmtport 7555 -sascmd "/u/username/mystartup"

For information about configuring the spawner service, see Configuring the UNIX Spawner Service.

Stopping the Spawner in UNIX

To end the spawner, type CTRL-C to kill the process.