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Password Limitations

By Angela Hall on SAS Learning Post March 22, 2007

Special Character problems in passwords continue to cause issues, and many organizations require the use of at least 1 to pass security requirements.

Specific ones to stay away from ...
@ ... Just today this caused problems in remote connections to Meta Engine Libname.
& ... This can affect users connecting to the SAS Web based Products (Portal, Web Report Studio, etc)

Do you have any others? Add your comments!

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Angela Hall
Senior Technical Architect

Angela offers tips on using the SAS Business Intelligence solutions. She manages a team of SAS Fraud Framework implementers within the SAS Solutions On-Demand organization. Angela also has co-written two books, 'Building BI using SAS, Content Development Examples' & 'The 50 Keys to Learning SAS Stored Processes'.

1 Comment

Nick Welke on March 23, 2007 3:05 am

Per SAS install doc (http://support.sas.com/documentation/configuration/biig.pdf), only one $ in a password. So Pa$$w0rd is no longer a viable option.