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

OS/2: NetBIOS Access Method

SAS/CONNECT

Local Host

The following example illustrates the statements that you specify in an OS/2 local host SAS session to connect to a remote host with the NetBIOS access method.

options set=vqmlinks 3 set=vqmconvs 3;
options comamid=netbios remote=sasrem;
signon user=_prompt_;

This example assumes a connection to a PC spawner that is running in secure mode. Two options are set; see SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE Options for details. The NetBIOS communications access method is declared with a connection to the remote host SASREM, which is the name that is specified in the -NETNAME option at the PC spawner invocation. The USER= option in the SIGNON statement specifies that the connecting local host 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

An example follows of how the PC spawner is invoked on an OS/2 remote host:

c:\sas\connect\sasexe\spawner -comamid netbios 
    -netname sasrem -file mysas.cmd

The spawner is invoked, and the NetBIOS access method is specified. The -NETNAME option specifies the name that the PC spawner program uses to communicate with the local host. The -FILE option executes the MYSAS.CMD file, which invokes a SAS session.

See Starting the PC Spawner Program for information about the contents of a command file and about executing the PC spawner. Options that are set through the spawner override options that are set in the remote host configuration file.

SAS/SHARE

Client

The following example shows the statements that are specified in an OS/2 client session:

options comamid=netbios;
libname sasdata 'c:edc\prog2\sasdata' server=share1;

The NetBIOS access method is declared.

The LIBNAME statement specifies the data library that is accessed through the server SHARE1.

Server

Specify the following statements in a SAS session on the OS/2 remote host to start a server:

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

The NetBIOS access method is declared for the server SHARE1 that is started on the OS/2 remote host.

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