The following error or a similar error might be encountered when creating a metadata profile for any SAS^® Java client such as SAS^® Management Console, SAS^® Information Map Studio, SAS^® ETL Studio, SAS^® OLAP Cube Studio, SAS^® Personal Login Manager, and others:

Error: Metadata profile doesn't have write permissions to
\\machine name\errorLog_SAS_Management_Console.log

This problem will occur if the user trying to create a metadata profile does not have write access to the user.home directory. On Windows, the user.home directory is typically set to C:\Documents and Settings\username.

To circumvent the problem, add -Duser.home=value, where value is the location where write permission is available, to the CommandLIneArgs in the .ini file used by the client during invocation.

For example: Add -Duser.home= to the CommandLineArgs in the sasmc.ini file for SAS Management Console.

CommandLineArgs=-Duser.home="c:\temp" -Xmx512m
-Djava.system.class.loader=com.sas.app.AppClassLoader
-Dsas.app.class.dirs="C:\Program Files\SAS\SASManagementConsole\9.1"
-Dsas.app.class.path=sas.smc.jar;. 
-Dsas.ext.config=sas.java.ext.config
-cp sas.launcher.jar -Djava.security.auth.login.config=security/login.config
-Djava.security.auth.policy=security/auth.policy
-Dcache.auth.policy=true com.sas.console.visuals.MainConsole

Note: -Duser.home does not have to be the first argument in the list but it must come before the main class ("com.sas.console.visuals.MainConsole") in the command line. All arguments must be on one line in the file.

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