I was able to reproduce Glenn's problem. One has to use the ACCESS=READ-ONLY on the libname that points to the library with the compiled SASMACR macro catalog. If I do not use it, I get the same errors.

Lex Jansen

"Lex jansen" <lex@lex-jansen.demon nl> wrote in message news:uffag8lkhtchda@corp.supernews.com... > Glenn, > > Did you try the access=read-only attribute on the libname that points to the > catalog ? > > LIBNAME mymacs 'path-to-macro-catalog' ACCESS=READ-ONLY; > OPTIONS MSTORED SASMSTORE=_mymacs ; > > Lex Jansen > > "Glenn Heagerty" <gheagerty@ADELPHIA.NET> wrote in message > news:3CF7CBF4.B84B12D8@adelphia.net... > > Hi all, > > > > I have a stored, compiled macro catalog DEST.SASMACR.CATALOG that I am > > trying to use in more than one concurrent session. I keep getting the > > error message that a lock is not available and the lock is held by the > > first session invoked. > > > > The environment is Solaris 8, the permissions on the catalog are > > rw-r--r--. The macro source statements are in a different location that > > is included in SASAUTOS at invocation. The source statements are saved > > with the STORE and DES options. > > > > I've checked out the archives under sitemacr and catalog, but came up > > empty. I coudn't find anything in the documentation either. Any ideas? > > > > Thanks for the help, > > > > Glenn > >