Bob:

@MyCompany our Citrix log-in script requires

1. UserId

2. network password

3. <user-SecurID-prefix><SecurID-digits>

Ron Fehd an RSA SecurID user

> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu [mailto:owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu] > On Behalf Of DUELL, BOB > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:36 PM > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Using RSA SecurID with SAS Enterprise Applications > > Hi SAS-L'ers, > > Does anyone have any real-world experience installing, configuring, or > otherwise using RSA SecurID authentication for SAS users on a UNIX > platform? I am particularly interested in speaking with anyone using > Enterprise Miner. > > As background, we run a SAS 9.2 M3 Enterprise BI Server environment that > includes Enterprise Miner 6.1. Individual users are defined in the system > Metadata server and authenticate using "DefaultAuth". Enterprise Miner > users launch the client using Java Web Start. Additionally, selected users > connect to the server using Enterprise Guide (v 4.3) and others use > SAS/CONNECT from full-blown PC clients (Win XP, Vista, and Win 7). > > When a user attempts to connect to the server and is presented with a > "password" dialog box, he must enter the "password" derived from his > SecurID token. This "password" changes every 30 seconds. In other words, > our users do not have "host account" passwords. Everything works just fine > for SAS/CONNECT and Enterprise Guide users. Once a connection is made, it > remains in effect for the user to do whatever he wants. > > However, because of an design I still don't fully understand, Enterprise > Miner works differently. Apparently, each "node" of an EM "project" causes > a new SAS session to be started on the server (by the Object Spawner) and > EM attempts to start the new session using the cached credentials (which > have certainly expired). Obviously, this makes Enterprise Miner pretty > useless. > > Does anyone else have a similar environment and if so, would you be > willing to help me with a solution? I do have an open track with SAS Tech > Support but they share my frustration (apparently I am the only site in the > world with this problem ;> ). > > Thanks in advance, > > Bob > > PS - I'm going to post this same message to the SAS Deployment Forum. I > hope that doesn't offend anyone but there are so many different places > where SAS users congregate these days.