The DATA step function METASEC_APPLYACT fails to apply an access control to an object when you submit the function on a SAS^® 9.3 Foundation (TS1M2) client. The failure causes different symptoms, as follows, based on whether the client is in Windows or UNIX operating environments:

• Behavior under Windows

  A Windows client fails to update the object security, resulting in the following error:

  ERROR: Invalid Resource Specification: specified Object ID is invalid.

  The SAS^® Metadata Server's TRACE logging level logs a request that contains corrupted characters in the object identifier.

• Behavior under UNIX

  Under UNIX, the SAS 9.3 Foundation (TS1M2) logs a trace-back series of messages, including the following:

  ERROR: IOM call failed. Internal server exception: access violation.
  ERROR:  An exception has been encountered.
  Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information:
   
  The SAS task name is [DATASTEP]
  Segmentation Violation
   
  Traceback of the Exception: . . .more trace-back lines. . . 
  

  The UNIX client does not send the request to the metadata server.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Metadata Server	z/OS	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows Vista for x64	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux for x64	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Solaris for x64	9.3_M2	9.4	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0

* 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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A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3_M2 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/I22.html#47945

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A fix for this issue for Threaded Kernel IOM 9.3_M1 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/I23.html#47945

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Submitting the METASEC_APPLYACT function in a SAS® 9.3 (TS1M2) Foundation client fails. Under Windows, the client returns the error "ERROR: Invalid Resource Specification." Under UNIX, an abnormal ending occurs, and the process does not respond.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2012-09-27 09:35:30
Date Created:	2012-09-20 15:01:05