An error similar to the following might occur when you attempt to authenticate using sasauth:

The error occurs when a credential cache (or "ccache") is not found. A credential cache is required when the pluggable authentication module (PAM) is configured for Kerberos authentication, but it is not created in SAS^® 9.3 TS1M2.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

The hot fix adds the PAM_SETCREDENTIALS=TRUE option to the !SASROOT/utilities/bin/sasauth.conf file in SAS 9.3 TS1M2.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux	9.3 TS1M2
		Solaris for x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux for x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	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 SAS Threaded Kernel Secure 9.3_M2 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/J04.html#53793

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When PAM is configured for Kerberos authentication, a credential cache is required. This cache is not created in SAS® 9.3 TS1M2. Attempting to authenticate using sasauth might lead to a security services error.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2014-10-13 13:05:48
Date Created:	2014-07-31 09:01:09