Chapter 15
Managing SPD Server
Passwords, Users, and Table
ACLs
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
The Password Manager Utility psmgr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Overview of the psmgr Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Invoking the psmgr Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Converting to a psmgr 4.x Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Adding New Users with psmgr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
psmgr Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
psmgr Command Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Using a File as Input to psmgr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
SAS Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Overview of SAS Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
LDAP User Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
LDAP Authentication Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Overview of LDAP Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Configuring LDAP Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Introduction
SPD Server user data is maintained in an internal SPD Server password table. Each record
in the password table describes the specific attributes and capabilities that are associated
with an individual user. SPD Server uses two types of user authentication. The first type
of user authentication is LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol). The second type
of user authentication is traditional authentication, which SPD Server performs internally.
LDAP authentication is performed by an LDAP server that runs on the SPD Server host
machine. The section, “LDAP Authentication Notes” on page 204, contains more details
on using LDAP with SPD Server.
The Password Manager Utility psmgr
Overview of the psmgr Utility
The psmgr utility manages the password table that enables access to the SPD Server host.
When you start SPD Server, the command line option -ACLDIR specifies the location
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