When you license and properly install SAS/SECURE software and you configure your SAS^® Metadata Server to store passwords in the SAS003 or SAS004 formats, you can supply a passphrase to use as the encryption key rather than using the default fixed key. You can set or change the passphrase using either the METADATA procedure or the the Change PassPhrase utility in the SAS^® Deployment Manager.

If you do not have SAS/SECURE software properly installed or licensed or you do not configure your SAS Metadata Server so that it stores passwords in one of the supported formats, then passwords that are stored in metadata are encrypted in the SAS proprietary format (SAS002&#$1;. However, the passphrase key is not supported with passwords that are stored in the SAS002 format. Therefore, if you attempt to set or change a passphrase when your passwords are stored in this format, you receive the following error:

To prevent the error, either avoid using the passphrase parameter or ensure that your environment is configured so that it uses the SAS003 or SAS004 formats for storing passwords.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Metadata Server	z/OS	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows Vista for x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Linux for x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Solaris for x64	9.4		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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To set or change a passphrase, SAS/SECURE™ software must be installed and your SAS® Metadata Server must be configured to store passwords in the SAS004 or SAS003 formats.

Type:	Usage Note
Priority:
Topic:	System Administration ==> Security ==> Encryption System Administration ==> Security ==> Permissions System Administration ==> Servers ==> Metadata

Date Modified:	2013-04-05 12:47:22
Date Created:	2013-02-13 15:21:50