SAS/Share ERROR: Invalid object specifi...

byAllan|Sep 20, 2016|ERROR: Invalid object specifi..., Invalid object specifi...

Had an interesting error message today (SAS 9.3, Windows 2012R2), which appeared to be truncated:

ERROR: Attempt to connect to server "dev01.domain.com".__8551 rejected by server.
ERROR: Invalid object specifi...
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.
The issue occurred when trying to connect to a SAS/Share library using the following syntax:
LIBNAME MYLIBREF REMOTE  HOSTNAME="dev01.domain.com"  Server=__8551 slibref=MYLIBREF;
The fix was simple - simply log into the application server, open Services, and restart the "SAS Share Server" service.
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This left the customer happy, but I’m still curious about what caused the elipsis (…)

Any ideas‽