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Problem Note 57069: SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Microsoft SQL Server might throw an "Output buffer overflow" error when Kerberos authentication is used
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Using SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL Server with Kerberos authentication (AuthenticationMethod=4 in the odbc.ini) might result in a "buffer overflow" error as in the message below:
ERROR: CLI error trying to establish connection: [SAS/ACCESS to SQL Server]
[ODBC SQL Server Wire Protocol driver]Security Services
Error: Output buffer overflow
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.
This error might be seen by users who belong to many operating system groups, causing an excessively long "TokenSize" to be generated and resulting in a buffer overflow error.
A driver update corrects this issue.
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* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL Server | 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M3 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M3 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M3 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.42 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||