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By default, the X command has been disabled because it presents a security risk, allowing a SAS program to run any operating system command on the host where SAS software is running. For example, you could issue an X command to delete any or all files that the SAS process has access to. Also, using an X command that tries to interact with a terminal causes your SAS process to become nonresponsive when it runs through DCOM (because no terminal is available).

To enable the X command in the spawner, add the -allowxcmd option to the spawner invocation command. If you start your spawner as a Windows service, then see Updating a Windows Spawner Service for more information about updating your spawner command.

To enable the X command with a COM server, add the -allowxcmd option to the registry entry that contains the server startup command. See Customizing the Workspace Server Startup Command for COM/DCOM Connections.

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