Add Users

To create an individual SAS identity:
  1. On the Plug-ins tab, select User Manager. Make sure that you are in the foundation repository.
  2. For each user:
    1. Right-click and select Newthen selectUser.
    2. On the General tab, enter a name.
      Tip
      We recommend that you avoid using spaces or special characters in the name of a user, group, or role that you create. Not all components support spaces and special characters in identity names.
    3. On the Accounts tab, click New. In the New Login dialog box, select DefaultAuth and enter the user's external account ID.
      Note: In the standard configuration, you can use any account (LDAP, Active Directory, host, or other) that is known to the metadata server's host.
      Note: For a Windows account, qualify the ID (for example, WIN\user or user@mycompany.com).
      Adapted Instructions for Sites That Use Web Authentication
      Type of User
      Adapted Instructions1
      Someone who uses only Web applications
      Select the Web realm authentication domain (such as web) instead of DefaultAuth and enter the user's Web realm ID.
      Someone who uses both Web and desktop applications
      Complete the standard instructions and also add a Web realm login.
      1If the Web user IDs and the metadata server user IDs are identical, and the Web applications do not use a standard workspace server, it is not necessary to follow these adapted instructions.
      Tip
      Do not include a password in this login.
    4. Click OK to save the new login. Click OK again to save the new user.
  3. (Optional) Use the Groups and Roles tab to make a user a direct member of another group or a role.
    Note: The user automatically belongs to PUBLIC (everyone who can access the metadata server) and SASUSERS (those members of PUBLIC who have a well-formed user definition).
  4. Make sure that anyone who uses Windows host credentials to access a standard workspace server has the "Log on as a batch job" Windows privilege. For example, you might add the user's Windows account to a Windows group that is named SAS Server Users.
  5. If you need to provide seamless access to a third-party server that uses proprietary authentication, either give the user a second login or make the user a member of a group that has a shared login for that server. See Make a SAS Copy of DBMS Credentials.
Note: You do not have to make changes on the user's Authorization tab. This tab has no effect on what the user can do.