When accessing a SAS/SHARE server running SAS 9.3 M2 through SAS 9.4 M1, if the client user account does not have sufficient authorization to read the library data set, the SAS/SHARE server fails to close the member that the client attempted to access. This incorrect behavior results in the following error message when the SAS/SHARE server attempts to free the library:

Since the member is not closed, SAS cannot close the library. Consequently, the library cannot be freed until the SAS/SHARE server terminates. This makes the library unavailable for all other jobs on the system until the server has been stopped and restarted.

In this scenario, there is another, related problem. If a SAS/SHARE client attempts to create a new member in a Base SAS^® engine library to which the client does not have Read access, the SAS/SHARE server creates the member. The member is created with zero pages. Subsequent attempts to access this malformed member results in additional errors.

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M1 is available at:

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