https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/about-SAS-installation/m-p/682628#M24119 <P>These are userIDs that exist in your operating system. One of them is sassrv, which is used to start SAS server processes (stored process, pooled workspace).</P> <P>These differ from purely internal users, which only exist in metadata, like sasadm@saspw, the SAS Administrator</P> Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:26:28 GMT Kurt_Bremser 2020-09-09T13:26:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/about-SAS-installation/m-p/682610#M24118 <P>on the process of installing SAS , there is one step that require me input external user ID, what's a external user ID ?&nbsp; Thank you.</P> Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:33:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/about-SAS-installation/m-p/682610#M24118 tianerhu 2020-09-09T12:33:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/about-SAS-installation/m-p/682628#M24119 <P>These are userIDs that exist in your operating system. One of them is sassrv, which is used to start SAS server processes (stored process, pooled workspace).</P> <P>These differ from purely internal users, which only exist in metadata, like sasadm@saspw, the SAS Administrator</P> Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:26:28 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/about-SAS-installation/m-p/682628#M24119 Kurt_Bremser 2020-09-09T13:26:28Z