Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 11:53:23 -0400
Reply-To: "Muhlbaier, Lawrence H." <lawrence.muhlbaier@DUKE.EDU>
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From: "Muhlbaier, Lawrence H." <lawrence.muhlbaier@DUKE.EDU>
Organization: Duke Clinical Research Institute
Subject: Re: SAS V8.1 ignores NT Permissions on Close?!!!!
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I'll echo Dale's comments and note that the fix may be as straightforward as
updating the Service Pack on the PC (the current SP for NT 4.0 is SP 6; you can
tell the level from My Computer). I know upgrading the SP requires validation,
but you could do a test in the IT group sandbox.
Doc
Dale McLerran wrote:
> Carol,
>
> I find this quite startling. I wonder if this is a SAS problem per
> se, or whether it is a problem with NT. How could an application
> write anything to a secure area unless the operating system was
> allowing it? Have you tested other applications for this behavior.
> If not, that is where I would start. See if it is only SAS which
> exhibits this problem. My guess is that other applications would
> behave similarly. If that is true, then it is an OS problem. Shortly
> after NT was released, it was advertised as having high security
> acceptable for secure government operations. I think that was blown
> out of the water pretty quickly, if memory serves me correct. I
> would bet my bottom dollar that this is an NT security problem.
>
> Dale
>
> >Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 21:39:20 GMT
> >Reply-To: cjs46692 <cjs46692@GLAXOWELLCOME.COM>
> >From: cjs46692 <cjs46692@GLAXOWELLCOME.COM>
> >SUBJECTTo: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >
> >As a regulated pharma company, we have set up a directory structure for our
> >programs/data that has primarily read only access for all but a few
> >members of our group (Windows NT). SAS V8.1 obeys these permissions when
> >using the traditional ways of saving SAS files, i.e. File, Save As.
> >However, we have just learned the hard way that if you simply exit SAS and
> >absently say Yes when it prompts you to save, that it will ignore any set
> >permissions and overwrite a file in a read only directory. Has anybody
> >else experienced this?? Is there a way to get around this huge problem?
> >Carol
>
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> Dale McLerran
> Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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