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sasbatch.sh command line - how to include user and pwd as parameters?

bsas94 — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:34:50 GMT

Hello,

Is it possible to include the user and password as parameters using the sasbatch.sh command line?

Ex:

/SASCONFIG/Lev1/SASApp/BatchServer/sasbatch.sh -log /SASCONFIG/Lev1/SASApp/BatchServer/Logs/LOGFILE_TST_#Y.#m.#d_#H.#M.#s.log -batch -noterminal -logparm "rollover=session" -sysin /SASCONFIG/Lev1/SASApp/SASEnvironment/SASCode/Jobs/SASTest.sas

Thank you!

Re: sasbatch.sh command line - how to include user and pwd as parameters?

SASKiwi — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:51:45 GMT

What user and password do you want to supply? Is it for accessing an external database or is it for some other purpose? How do you run sasbtch.sh - using a scheduler or manually from a command line?

The SYSPARM command line option is one alternative.

Re: sasbatch.sh command line - how to include user and pwd as parameters?

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:53:46 GMT

The SAS executable has no means to switch to another user, it will always run as the user who started it from the commandline.

Since the whole command used to start a program is open to the public (at least on UNIX systems), providing credentials via the commandline must not be done.