Date:         Tue, 5 Nov 1996 09:39:21 -0600
Reply-To:     "Scot A. Richardson" <scot@CMA-MKTING.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Scot A. Richardson" <scot@CMA-MKTING.COM>
Organization: Conway/Milliken & Associates
Subject:      Re: SAS privileges in UNIX

Jane_P._Doe wrote:
>
> We have a script, owned by user X, that executes a SAS session in batch
> mode.  When another user (e.g. user Y) executes the script, it runs with
> the owner privileges (i.e. user X's).   However, the SAS session seems
> run with the privileges from user Y.  Is it possible for the SAS session
> to have privileges from user X?
>
> Thanks,
> Christine
>
> christine_v._chow@ccmail.bms.com
 
Hi, Christine,
 
        When you say "privileges," what is it _exactly_ that you mean?  As I
read you question, your batch job (owned by user "X") will write out a
.lst or .ssd01 data file that your other users wish to modify but can't
because of too tight permissions (ie. rwxr-wr-- or something funky like
that?) so you want to reset how the files are saved when user "Y" execs
the batch session?  Am I close?  If this is true, you might want to look
at the "umask" setting for each user.  Could be that the users have
different umasks thereby creating a problem w/r/t the file perms.  Also,
please send more detail w/r/t the actual behavior as it relates to this
problem.
 
best,
sar
 
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