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SAS cannot open a log file with "hidden" file attribute under
Windows and issues an error message similar to the following:

   ERROR: Insufficient authorization to access xxxxxxxx.log.

If the log file is the target of the -LOG system option (whether set
explicitly in the command or implicit with a batch program invocation),
then SAS does not start and the error message appears in a dialog box.

If the log file is the target of the -ALTLOG system option,
SAS opens but displays the above error message in the regular SAS log.

If the log file is used as the target of the -LOG option for a SAS
service under windows, such as a SAS/SHARE server defined by the SSCU,
the service does not start and the following error message might appear:

   Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly.

This error is the likely result of a change in Windows file security
handling. The same problem can be demonstrated on a Windows command
line by hiding a file and then trying to write to it:

   C:\>attrib +h out.txt

   C:\>dir > out.txt
   Access is denied.

 For related SAS Notes, see  #007832  and  #009215 .

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