topic Re: insufficient authorization in SAS Programming

insufficient authorization

Kinston — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:15:01 GMT

Hi, experts,

i am using enterprise guide 7.1 to output a pdf file

this is the code.

filename gsasfile pipe 'lp -d HP_4700_GH -onb';

below are the two error messages i have been receiving.

ERROR: Insufficient authorization to access PIPE.
ERROR: Error in the FILENAME statement.

can someone heop me on that?

thanks

Re: insufficient authorization

SASKiwi — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:38:26 GMT

What happens if you use the same command from a command line on the SAS application server: lp -d HP_4700_GH -onb? Do you get the same error? This is a permission problem with your user account on the SAS application server so you should talk to your server administrator to fix it.

Re: insufficient authorization

Tom — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:44:35 GMT

Looks like your server has set NOXCMD option.

Use one of these commands to see your current settings.

%put sysfunc(getoption(xcmd));
proc options option=xcmd; run;

If it is off then you need to talk to your SAS administrator.

Re: insufficient authorization

Reeza — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 23:51:08 GMT

I'm slightly confused.

To create a PDF file can you use ODS PDF with a path to a folder that you have access rights?