If the security product that is installed at your site has mixed-case password support, and you submit a mixed-case password to a SAS server at the time of connection, SAS might return a security verification failure to the client. Messages similar to the following appear in your SAS log (note that this example is for a SAS/SHARE^® server):

   ERROR: Attempt to connect to server node.server-ID failed.
   ERROR: A communication subsystem partner link setup request failure has  occurred.
   ERROR: Communication request rejected by partner: security verification failure.
   ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

The connection fails because SAS converts the password specified by the user to upper-case, so it does not match what the system is expecting.

There is currently no known circumvention for this error other than not using lower-case letters in your passwords.

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at: