topic Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login in Administration and Deployment

Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

MariaD — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:54:18 GMT

Hi Folks,

We tried to login in Operation System Services through SAS MC but we can't login. We are on Linux server and the crontab is working fine. We are using an account with administration privilege.

Any idea? Regards,

Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

VDD — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:23:16 GMT

Did you confirm the server is available via you personal access account???????????????

Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

MariaD — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:41:22 GMT

Thanks, how could I verify? If you mean that my server user (on Linux) could add events on crontab and execute it, yes my user can jobs on it and it’a working.

Regards,

Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

AnandVyas — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 05:52:40 GMT

Hi @MariaD ,

UNIX scheduling uses the at command to execute jobs. However, this command might not be enabled for use by the scheduling server's user ID. To determine whether the command is enabled, run a test of the at command. Here is an example test:

echo touch /tmp/attest | at now
sleep 5
ls /tmp/attest

What is at?

Unlike cron, which let us run a task on a regular basis, at gives us the ability to execute a command or a script at a specified date and hour, or after a given interval of time. Minutes, hours, days or weeks can be used as units. It's even possible to use certain "keywords" as midnight or teatime (which corresponds to 4pm).

Thanks!

Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

MariaD — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:51:16 GMT

Thanks @AnandVyas . In fact, I verified and we don't have "at" command enable on our Linux server. I'll install it and make again the test. Let's you know the results.

Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

MariaD — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:09:31 GMT

Hi @AnandVyas ,

We installed "at" command and it's working. Our linux user for SAS (we use a SAS Token) can execute at command without any error.

But still, we can't not login on Operating System Services to schedule throw SAS MC. We tried with "sasadm" user, with Linux user (used for SAS Token), nothing works. Any idea why?

Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

SASKiwi — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:53:09 GMT

The sasadm@passwd account is only defined in SAS metadata. It is not an OS account. You need to use an OS account to log onto OS scheduling. You can use a personal user OS account to test scheduling as long as the account has scheduling permissions setup in SMC.

Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

AnandVyas — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 03:14:43 GMT

What's the error you get when you use a normal user, not SAS internal user (sasadm@saspw) ?

Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

MariaD — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:23:17 GMT

Hi @AnandVyas ,

We test using another user (not sasadm@saspw) and the situation is the same. Please see images below. We have all our users defined with internal account and we use a SAS Token to connect to SAS Workspace Server. Off course the user has Job Scheduling permission.

We also made a test using a host server user to login on Operating System Scheduling when login windows appears (image 1) and the results is the same.

Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

VDD — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 14:20:18 GMT

@MariaD maybe you should call in and get assistance from SAS technical advisors. If you pay for SAS and need assistance that help should be part of the purchase.

Like I noted at the beginning of this Q, test access using a real person access. Can they make connection without using the tokens being passed?

You are the server admin? Then call in a ticket.

Re: Operating System Scheduling: unable to login

SASKiwi — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 20:12:19 GMT

@MariaD - By adding @saspw on the end of the user account you are calling the metadata identity of the account not the OS version. Try removing this.