If a UNIX utility directory is created without execute permission, the following errors are written to the SAS^® Enterprise Guide 4.2 log file:

   ERROR: Unable to obtain valid utility file pathname.
   ERROR: Object creation failure.
   ERROR: Sort initialization failure.

If you are using SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1, the following error is written to the log file:

   ERROR: Utility file open failed.

These errors occur when a SAS process on UNIX cannot traverse the utility directory to create a utility file. To solve the problem, correct the umask value of the userid that owns the utility directory. The umask value must allow necessary directory-level execute permissions.

If the UNIX umask value for the userid is correct, review the script files associated with the initialization of the responsible SAS server process for the presence of a umask command that restricts permissions.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Solaris for x64	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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If a utility directory does not have execute permission, error messages are written to the SAS® Enterprise Guide log file.

Type:	Usage Note
Priority:	low
Topic:	System Administration ==> Security ==> Permissions

Date Modified:	2011-10-10 15:17:33
Date Created:	2010-09-03 14:07:03