An administrator specifies
the AUTHADMIN=YES option on a LIBNAME statement in order to access
a metadata-bound library for which corresponding metadata is corrupted,
misconfigured, or missing. If the administrator specifies AUTHADMIN=YES
on a LIBNAME statement, the administrator must somehow supply the
metadata-bound library password (or passwords) in order to access
the files. In this specialized context, metadata-layer permissions
are not used to determine access.
Note: Since some access requests
do not have a way to specify passwords, the administrator can use
the AUTHPW option (or related options) on the LIBNAME statement to
provide the metadata-bound library password (or passwords).
See AUTHPW (and Related Options).
Note: The AUTHADMIN=YES option
is accepted only if the account under which your SAS session runs
has host-layer control of the target physical library. This ensures
that only users who have host control for a particular directory can
use this option against that directory. The host-specific details
for this requirement are the same as for the AUTHLIB procedure statements
(except the REPORT statement).
See Who Uses the CREATE Statement?.
We recommend that you
use AUTHADMIN=YES when you are repairing any inconsistencies between
physical data and its corresponding secured library and secured table
objects in metadata. We do not recommend that you use AUTHADMIN=YES
in other circumstances. The purpose of this option is to enable an
administrator to establish a libref for a library that is in need
of repair.
We also recommend that
you reassign the library (without AUTHADMIN=YES) after the repairs
are made.
Note: In the current release, the
REPAIR statement is a preproduction feature.
For additional information,
see “LIBNAME Statement” in SAS Statements: Reference.