| Authentication Mechanisms |
Trusted User
|
Summary |
The metadata server allows a privileged account to act on
behalf of other users (trusting that those users have already been properly
authenticated). |
|
Scope |
To the metadata server from the object spawner, the OLAP server,
the table server, SAS Web applications (if Web authentication is used), and
batch report processes. |
|
Benefits |
Supports the optional Web authentication configuration. Enables
the OLAP server and the object spawner to impersonate each requesting user
on connections to the metadata server. Enables batch reporting processes to
connect to the metadata server under their identities. |
|
Limits |
It is important to protect this privileged account. |
|
Use |
Required |
In a standard configuration, the file trustedUsers.txt (which is located
in your equivalent of SAS/Config/Lev1/SASMeta/MetadataServer/) lists one account (sastrust@saspw) that serves as the trusted
user for the entire deployment.
Note: The trusted
user is a privileged service identity that acts on behalf of other users.
Do not add regular users to this file. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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