Problem Note 38292: Libname X not available for use error when password for WebDAV library is more than nine characters
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The following error is produced when running PROC METALIB against a WebDAV library and when the password for that WebDAV resource is greater than 9 characters.
where X is the Libref defined to the Library in metadata.
The problem is isolated to the METALIB procedure, and is not specific to the META engine.
Consider this example:
The library is defined in the SAS® Metadata Repository with the following Libname statement.
PROC METALIB run against that library fails, generating the error show below, since the password for the authenticated user for WebDAV (USER="wduser" PASSWORD="WebDavUser_Pass1") is greater than 9 characters:
The error occurs because a buffering problem in PROC METALIB passes a corrupt password to WebDAV. The user fails to authenticate on WebDAV and the Library is not assigned.
As a circumvention, change the password for the WebDAV user to be nine or fewer characters.
Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix to correct this issue.
See Problem Note 36544 for related problem specific to the META Library Engine.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Foundation | z/OS | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Linux on Itanium | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| OpenVMS Alpha | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
| Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||