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ERROR: Shell escape is not valid in this SAS session. Running Sas Callsystem in Sas Analytics Pro

harmonic — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:52:18 GMT

When running a simple data step in Sas Analytics pro with virtual machine Linux on Docker I got this kind of error

86 data _null_;

87 call system('pwd');

88 run;

ERROR: Shell escape is not valid in this SAS session.

In other post I saw that I should set -xcmd in USERMODS_OPTIONS

I see this kind of file in the path /opt/sas/viya/config/etc/batchserver/default/autoexec_usermods.sas but I do not know how to set it.

Re: ERROR: Shell escape is not valid in this SAS session. Running Sas Callsystem in Sas Analytics Pr

LinusH — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:28:11 GMT

See this link how to go about it:

https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/calcdc/3.5/calcontexts/n1hjn8eobk5pyhn1wg3ja0drdl6h.htm#n0vaodiuepq6inn1n0dd3naghxur

Re: ERROR: Shell escape is not valid in this SAS session. Running Sas Callsystem in Sas Analytics Pr

harmonic — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 08:44:17 GMT

In Sas Analytics pro with virtual machine I have Sas Studio and I don't find any manage environment to create a Compute Context.

Alternatively I found another solution:

Go to the path and edit this file:

/opt/sas/viya/config/etc/spawner/default/spawner_usermods.sh

from the container in the Docker and swap the last row with this value:

USERMODS="$JREOPTIONS -allowxcmd"

Save and restart the machine.

Re: ERROR: Shell escape is not valid in this SAS session. Running Sas Callsystem in Sas Analytics Pr

Sajid01 — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:00:03 GMT

Hello
My understanding is that SAS Analytics pro is based on SAS 9.4, so the path you referred to will not be valid.
The appropriate approach would be to speak to SAS Admin or SAS support in your organization. They will do the needful.