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

UNIX: APPC Access Method

SAS/CONNECT

Local Host

The following example illustrates the statements that you specify in a UNIX AIX local host configuration file to connect to a remote host with the APPC access method:

-set appc_gateway mygate
-set appc_mode appcmode

The APPC_GATEWAY environment variable specifies MYGATE as the name of the peer-to-peer gateway to which the local host will attach. The APPC_MODE variable specifies the communications mode APPCMODE.

The following example shows the statements that you specify in a local SAS session:

options comamid=appc remote=remotelu;
signon user=_prompt_;

The APPC communications access method is declared with a connection to the remote host REMOTELU, which is identified as the unique session name, remote-LU, or remote-LU-alias. The SIGNON statement performs the sign-on process. The USER= option in the SIGNON statement specifies that a connecting local host be prompted for a userid and a password that are valid on the remote host.

Note: The value for the REMOTE= option that is specified in both the local and remote sessions must be identical. [cautionend]

Remote Host

SAS Institute does not provide support for connections to the UNIX remote host with the APPC access method.

SAS/SHARE

Client

The following example illustrates the statements that you specify in a UNIX client session to access a server with the APPC access method:

options comamid=appc;
libname sasdata 'c:\edc\prog2\sasdata' server=share1 user=_prompt_;

The APPC access method is declared. The LIBNAME statement specifies the data library that is accessed at a server whose name is based on the platform that it is running on. For example, to specify a server that runs on the OS/2 platform, use the OS/2 control-point LU. The USER= option in the LIBNAME statement specifies that a client be prompted for a username and a password that are valid on the server.

Server

SAS Institute does not provide support for connections to the UNIX remote host with the APPC access method.

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