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Problem Note 56541: Your attempt to log on to SAS® Federation Server fails with “Connection failed” or other error messages
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If your SAS Federation Server password contains any of the following characters ('~!@#$%^&*()-_=+[]{}|;:,.<>/?'.), logon might fail and you might receive one of the following error messages:
Connection failed. Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that
other memory is corrupt.
Error occurred while connecting to data source: [08102] Connection string, DSN or file DSN syntax or usage error (-2130708428);[HY000]Parsing failed at or near column XXX: Columns XXX-XXX = "xaug;PWD=XXXXXX" (-2126518256);[HY000] Illegal value token specified. (-2126518261).
To work around this problem, do not use these characters in your password. If you are required to use these characters as part of your password, install the hot fix.
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* | |||
| Dataflux | DataFlux Federation Server | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 4.1_M1 | 4.1_M1 | ||||