Problem Note 46926: SAS® Enterprise Guide® 5.1 ignores the SASSEC_LOCAL_PW_SAVE= option when set on a SAS® 9.3 metadata server
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As documented in the SAS(R) 9.3 Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide, you can disable the storage of client-side passwords by editing the SASSEC_LOCAL_PW_SAVE= option within the metadata server’s omaconfig.xml file.
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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.
The current SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 release ignores this option setting. Therefore, users are able to save passwords locally.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows Vista | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
A fix for this issue for SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/G35.html#46926A fix for this issue for SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 5.1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/G36.html#46926| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2012-07-10 08:53:58 |
| Date Created: | 2012-07-03 15:56:40 |