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

CMS: APPC Access Method

SAS/CONNECT

Local Host

The following example illustrates the statements that you specify in a CMS local host SAS session to connect to a remote host with the APPC access method:

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

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

Remote Host

The following example illustrates the statements that you specify in a CMS remote host's configuration file to prepare for a connection from a local host with the APPC access method:

dmr
comamid=appc
remote=remotelu
no$syntaxcheck
noterminal

The APPC communications access method is declared with a connection to a remote host that is identified by the LU name that is configured to the name of the AVS private gateway. In this example, REMOTELU identifies the AVS private gateway.

SAS/SHARE

Client

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

options comamid=appc;
libname sasdata 'prog2 a' server=share1 user=_prompt_ ;

The APPC access method connects a SAS client to a SAS server. The LIBNAME statement specifies the data library that is accessed through the server-id SHARE1. The USER= and PASSWORD= options in the LIBNAME statement specify that a client be prompted for a userid and a password that are valid on the server.

Server

The following example illustrates the statements that you specify in a SAS session on the CMS host at which you start a server:

options appcsec=_secure_ comamid=appc;
proc server id=share1;
run;

The value _SECURE_ for the APPCSEC option requires clients to supply a userid and a password that are valid on the server. The APPC access method is declared, and the server SHARE1 is started on the CMS host.

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