Utilities in the /utilities/bin Directory

The following table briefly describes some of the tools in the /utilities/bin directory. You can use the UNIX man command for information about these utilities.
Tools for the System Administrator
Tool Name
Description
authcustom.so
sasauth module for site-specific authentication
authldap.so
sasauth module for LDAP authentication
authpam.so
sasauth module for PAM authentication
bdm
batch driver monitor
cfgpeh
stand-alone scramble command
cleanwork
tool to remove any leftover Work directories, utility directories, or both, whose associated SAS process has ended(See the cleanwork command.)
docsetup
documentation setup utility invoked by the installer
elsconf
tool to check ELS configuration
elssrv
ELS server, tool to launch subprocesses
jproxy
tool used to launch the Java facilities within SAS
ke2j
double-byte input utility
ke2s
double-byte input utility
kj2e
double-byte input utility
ks2e
double-byte input utility
loadmgr
application lead manager
motifxsassm
Motif X session manager
objspawn
object spawner
patchname
resets the name of the SASROOT directory in the specified executable file.
rbrowser
remote browser server for the platform (only supported on Linux, but works on all other Motif platforms)
reshelper
resource helper for X Windows
sasauth
user identification and authentication utility
sasauth.conf
configuration file for sasauth; specifies authentication module used and other options
sasm.elm.mime
script for supporting e-mail from SAS
sasmailer
script for supporting e-mail from SAS
sasperm
user permissions utility
sastcpd
TCP/IP access daemon
sasumgmt
obtains and transcodes or decodes the user name and password into Unicode. It then calls the SAS authorization service to authenticate the user. It then exits with an exit status that indicates the success or failure of the authentication.
saswujms
Japanese input server
setuid
directory
setuid.sh
script to set some commands to run as root
tkdef.so
the location where SASROOT and TKPATH are patched for release 9.3 (other executables are not patched as they were in release 9.2)