47785 - Secure FTP scripting with the SAS Hot Fix Analysis, Download and Deployment Tool (SASHFADD)

Usage Note 47785: Secure FTP scripting with the SAS Hot Fix Analysis, Download and Deployment Tool (SASHFADD)

SASHFADD version 2.0.2 and later supports Secure FTP scripting with SFTP (UNIX systems) and PuTTY (Windows systems).

Information about installing and configuring these access methods is available in the SAS Technical Support technical paper Configuring SSH Client Software in UNIX and Windows Environments for Use with the SFTP Access Method in SAS^® 9.2, SAS^® 9.3, and SAS^® 9.4.

If you are using PuTTY in Windows environments, confirm that the psftp.exe file was installed with PuTTY and that the directory where the psftp.exe file is located is also included in your system path.

For UNIX and Windows, you can activate Secure FTP scripting by editing the SASHFADD.cfg file and uncommenting the line:
-GENERATE_SECURE_FTP_SCRIPTING

Hot fixes and hot-fix data files are downloaded via scripts from the Secure FTP server sftp1.sas.com. When prompted, you must enter the password anonymous to connect to sftp1.sas.com. You are prompted for the password when SASHFADD is launched and prompted again when running the generated hot-fix download script.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	N/A	Microsoft® Windows® for x64
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional
		64-bit Enabled AIX
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX
		64-bit Enabled Solaris
		Linux
		Linux for x64
		Solaris
		Solaris for x64

* 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.

This SAS Note provides supporting information for using Secure FTP scripting with SASHFADD.

Type:	Usage Note
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Date Modified:	2012-11-28 09:36:25
Date Created:	2012-09-04 13:05:13