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ganeshsas764
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi team,

 

it would be great. if you can help me. 

 

when I was opened SAS application I was getting the below-mentioned error. Could you please help me with this? 

 

Error: Invalid physical name for library SAS user .

Note:- unable to initialize the subsystems.

Error : (SASXKINI): Phase 3 Kernal Initialization failed. 

Error:- unable to initialize the sas kernal  

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

What operating system and version NUMBER?

 

Did SAS ever open properly on this computer?

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Paige Miller
ganeshsas764
Obsidian | Level 7
Hi,
Thank you for reaching out !!
I am using Windows 10, and SAS version 9.4 .

It's the first time I am using SAS in that system.
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

If you are having Kernel errors on the first time you run SAS, I would contact SAS Technical Support, they will be able to straighten this out.

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Paige Miller
FreelanceReinh
Jade | Level 19

Hi @ganeshsas764,

 

I get exactly the same error messages if I change the setting of the SASUSER system option in my SAS configuration file so that the path name is invalid. So, I would check the line(s) beginning with

-SASUSER

in the relevant configuration file(s). See How SAS Finds and Processes Configuration Files for possible locations of these files (typical name: sasv9.cfg) and, in an earlier section on the same page, where to find the default configuration file.

RichardDeVen
Barite | Level 11

You will need to check the -SASUSER setting in your SAS configuration file(s)

 

What may have happened is that -SASUSER is pointing to a network drive that became unmapped.

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