Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE Software

Completing the Worksheet

To prepare to make a connection with SAS/CONNECT or SAS/SHARE, complete the following worksheet. Having this information on hand may be helpful when making a connection.

Sample Worksheet
Data You Supply

Local host/Client platform _________________________

Remote host/Server platform _________________________

Name of remote host/server _________________________

Communications access method identifier and SAS version used by each side _________________________

SAS/CONNECT only: pathname of sign-on script file, if applicable _________________________

SAS/CONNECT only: pathname of spawner program, if applicable _________________________

***Sample Worksheet***
Data	You Supply
Local host/Client platform	_________________________
Remote host/Server platform	_________________________
Name of remote host/server	_________________________
Communications access method identifier and SAS version used by each side	_________________________
SAS/CONNECT only: pathname of sign-on script file, if applicable	_________________________
SAS/CONNECT only: pathname of spawner program, if applicable	_________________________

After you research these topics and complete the worksheet, you are ready to make the connection.

A sample of a completed worksheet follows.

Completed Worksheet
Data You Supply

Local host/Client platform Windows 95

Remote host/Server platform UNIX

Name of remote host/server RMTNODE/SHARE1

Communications access method identifier and SAS version used on each side Local: TCP, version 8.00 Remote: TCP, version 7.00

SAS/CONNECT only:
pathname of sign-on script file, if applicable
c:\sas\connect\saslink \tcpunix.scr

SAS/CONNECT only:
pathname of spawner program, if applicable
c:\sas\connect\sasexe \spawner

***Completed Worksheet***
Data	You Supply
Local host/Client platform	`Windows 95`
Remote host/Server platform	`UNIX`
Name of remote host/server	`RMTNODE/SHARE1`
Communications access method identifier and SAS version used on each side	`Local: TCP, version 8.00 Remote: TCP, version 7.00`
SAS/CONNECT only: pathname of sign-on script file, if applicable	`c:\sas\connect\saslink \tcpunix.scr`
SAS/CONNECT only: pathname of spawner program, if applicable	`c:\sas\connect\sasexe \spawner`

SAS/CONNECT Example:

UNIX Remote Host:

No procedures are necessary.

Windows 95 Local Host:

filename
rlink 'c:\sas\connect\saslink\tcpunix.scr'; options comamid=tcp remote=rmtnode;
signon;

SAS/SHARE Example:

UNIX Server:

options comamid=tcp; proc server
id=share1; run;

OS/2 Client:

options comamid=tcp; %let blue=rmthost.unx.sas.com;
libname tigris 'd:\remote\data' server=blue.share1;

You have the worksheet data ready to use for making the connection.

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