SAS System Options under Windows

AUTHSERVER System Option: Windows

Specifies the authentication domain server to search for secure server logins.

Default:	local and trusted servers
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category:	Environment control: Initialization and operation
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	EXECMODES
Windows specifics:	all

Syntax
Details
Comparisons
See Also

Syntax

-AUTHSERVER <" "| 'domain-name' | '.'>

AUTHSERVER <" " | 'domain-name' | '.'>

" ": specifies to search the local server first, and then search trusted servers for a valid user login.
'domain-name': specifies a specific domain-name to search for a valid user login. Single quotation-marks are required.
'.': specifies to search only the local server for a valid user login. Single quotation-marks are required.

Details

The AUTHSERVER system option specifies which servers to search to validate user logins.

Comparisons

You use the AUTHSERVER system option to specify a single authentication domain. You use the AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN system option to specify multiple authentication providers and the associated domains.