SAS® restricted options work properly only if the user and/or group information is stored in the /etc/passwd or /etc/group directory. This is because the system calls that are made to obtain the user and group information read only local files.

If the user and/or group information is stored somewhere other than locally (for example, Active Directory or another type of LDAP server), SAS is unable to obtain the information required. The SAS options that have been restricted by the administrator via restricted options files are then ignored.

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