SAS/CONNECT General SAS System Options

COMAMID= System Option

Identifies the communications access method for connecting a client and a server across a network.

Client:	Required
Server:	Required
Default:	TCP/IP for OpenVMS, UNIX, and Windows
Default:	XMS for z/OS
Client: Valid in:	configuration file, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window, SAS invocation
Server: Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Communications: Networking and Encryption
PROC OPTIONS Group=	Communications

Syntax

COMAMID=access-method-ID

access-method-ID: specifies the name of the communications access method that is used by a SAS/CONNECT client to connect to a SAS/CONNECT server across a network.

At the client, the following OPTIONS statement specifies the TCP/IP access method for connecting to a server.

options comamid=tcp;

At the server, the TYPE statement in a script file specifies options that are set when the server session starts.

type "sas (dmr comamid=tcp noterminal no$syntaxcheck)" enter;