topic Re: How to Check Authentication method in SAS in Administration and Deployment

How to Check Authentication method in SAS

japsas100 — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:27:17 GMT

Hello,

Could you please help us how to check the Authentication method in SAS for internal and external users. We need to check whether current system is LDAP/AD authenticated or not.

Re: How to Check Authentication method in SAS

alexal — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:36:33 GMT

Just check what methods are listed in /<SASHome>/SASFoundation/9.4/utilities/bin/sasauth.conf file. More useful information: https://go.documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=bicdc&cdcVersion=9.4&docsetId=bisecag&docsetTarget=n171zb6r0gzqgtn1fguwl5jlz4sw.htm&locale=en .

Re: How to Check Authentication method in SAS

japsas100 — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:43:22 GMT

Thanks @alexal

As per sasauth.conf, we are using the method=pw. But in same file I can see object related to LDAP for expamle LDAP_AUTH_METHOD=MATCH, LDAP_HOST=........ etc.

We are using the sas 9.2, Is there any other way to validate that we are not using LDAP/AD auth?

Re: How to Check Authentication method in SAS

alexal — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:46:28 GMT

You aren't using LDAP authentication in SAS, unless your underlying OS is synchronizing user accounts with an LDAP server.

Re: How to Check Authentication method in SAS

japsas100 — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:48:50 GMT

Thanks @alexal

How we can validate whether we are not using the OS synchronizing user accounts with an LDAP server?

Re: How to Check Authentication method in SAS

alexal — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:50:03 GMT

Contact your system administrator and ask him/her.