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Problem Note 67039: An RSUBMIT statement in a SAS session for SAS/CONNECT® fails and you see the error "A link must be established by executing the SIGNON command..."

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In SAS/CONNECT, submitting a SIGNON statement to initiate a remote session might appear to be successful. However, after you submit the SIGNON statement, you might see the following error messages after you attempt to run a remote submit block of code with an RSUBMIT statement:

ERROR: A link must be established by executing the SIGNON command before you can communicate with REMHOST.

ERROR: Remote submit to REMHOST canceled.

Re-running the SIGNON and RSUBMIT statements a second time results in the successful completion of the code.

The problem occurs only when the SIGNON statement is submitted from within a DATA step. Here is an example:

data _null_ ;
   signon remhost user='user-name' password='password' noscript;
run ;

A workaround is to remove the SIGNON statement from within the DATA step and place it into open code.

This issue affects SAS® 9.4M7 (TS1M7), SAS® Viya® 3.5, and SAS® Viya® 2020.1 installations.

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



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS/CONNECTWindows 7 Ultimate 32 bit9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Professional x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Home Premium x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Enterprise x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 20199.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 20169.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R29.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows Server 20089.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 109.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Microsoft® Windows® for x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
z/OS 64-bit9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
z/OS9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Solaris for x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Linux for x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
HP-UX IPF9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
64-bit Enabled Solaris9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
64-bit Enabled AIX9.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
Windows 7 Ultimate x649.4_M79.4_M89.4 TS1M79.4 TS1M8
* 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.