When using the IMPORT, EXPORT procedures or LIBNAME statement with the SERVERUSER= and SERVERPASS= options, you might receive the following error:

ERROR: Server is unable to authenticate user credentials (missing or invalid SERVERUSER='domain\username' SERVERPASS='password'); 

The problem occurs even when the user ID and password are correct.

To resolve the problem, make sure that the user ID has the "Log on as a Batch Job" privilege in the local security policy on the Windows server where the SAS PC Files Server is located.

The problem also occurs when the user ID or password contains a space. To circumvent the problem, remove the space from the user ID or password.

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