I wouldn't think so either. SAS TS tested this and these are their
conclusions. Again, SAS TS is quite good. Once you get past the front line
you are often talking to the designer of the module. I have no reason to
discount their conclusions.
Anybody know the reason why I can't just install Advanced Server
over top of Server and be done with it?
>
>
> OK, so it appears security related in some way (or the way the OS
> handles security).
> Adv server isn't going to change that
>
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> The application is SAS. Specifically, the spawner feature of
> SAS/Connect. This is basically a telnet server to which the user can
> submit SAS programs for processing and retrieve the results on their
> workstation. The server a more powerful platform and the
> large datasets
> reside on the server. Processing the data on the server in this way
> increases the speed of the apps over 10 times.
> The problem arises when trying to secure the account under which
> the spawner service runs. It runs correctly with no security, which
> means the user isn't prompted for a userid/password to access files.
> However, that means that anybody that can access the server can start
> processing and, since the service runs as SYSTEM, it totally bypasses
> the NTFS security applied to the data.
> SAS TS was as surprised as we were that this doesn't work. The
> issue is specific to the situation of Win2K Pro users
> submitting jobs to
> a Win2K Server using SAS/Connect with the spawner running with pass
> through to Windows security. Apparently, from their talks
> with M$, the
> fix is not trivial. If you've ever worked with SAS you
> should know that
> their tech support, if not expedient, is very thourough and
> knowledgeble.
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