SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) fails to start if a global caslib contains special characters, such as newline characters. In this scenario, the logs contain messages similar to the following:

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Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Viya	Linux for x64	3.4

* 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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An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.4. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.4 for Windows Deployment Guide at

http://documentation.sas.com/?softwareId=administration&softwareVersion=3.4&softwareContextId=softwareUpdatesWin

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Viya on Windows: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.4. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.4 for Windows Deployment Guide at

http://documentation.sas.com/?softwareId=administration&softwareVersion=3.4&softwareContextId=softwareUpdatesWin

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An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.4. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.4 for Linux Deployment Guide at

http://documentation.sas.com/?softwareId=administration&softwareVersion=3.4&softwareContextId=softwareUpdates

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Viya on Linux: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.4. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.4 for Linux Deployment Guide at

http://documentation.sas.com/?softwareId=administration&softwareVersion=3.4&softwareContextId=softwareUpdates

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When you include special characters in a global caslib description, SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) fails to start. In this scenario, you encounter a message similar to the following: "ERROR [00000016] cas local MAIN NoUser [casgen_su.c:607] - Startup Client failed: 0x803fc009."

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2019-04-26 15:37:19
Date Created:	2019-04-02 13:18:26