chore(release): 0.30.1 [skip ci]

## [0.30.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.30.0...v0.30.1) (2023-03-01) ### Bug Fixes * **web:** add proper base url in axios.defaults ([5e3ce8a](5e3ce8a98f))
Merge pull request #341 from sasjs/base-url
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+## [0.30.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.30.0...v0.30.1) (2023-03-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **web:** add proper base url in axios.defaults ([5e3ce8a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/5e3ce8a98f1825e14c1d26d8da0c9821beeff7b3))
+
+# [0.30.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.29.0...v0.30.0) (2023-02-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* lint + remove default settings ([3de59ac](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/3de59ac4f8e3d95cad31f09e6963bd04c4811f26))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add new env config DB_TYPE ([158f044](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/158f044363abf2576c8248f0ca9da4bc9cb7e9d8))
+
+# [0.29.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.28.7...v0.29.0) (2023-02-06)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add /SASjsApi endpoint in permissions ([b3402ea](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/b3402ea80afb8802eee8b8b6cbbbcc29903424bc))
+
+## [0.28.7](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.28.6...v0.28.7) (2023-02-03)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add user to all users group on user creation ([2bae52e](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/2bae52e307327d7ee4a94b19d843abdc0ccec9d1))
+
+## [0.28.6](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.28.5...v0.28.6) (2023-01-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* show loading spinner on login screen while request is in process ([69f2576](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/69f2576ee6d3d7b7f3325922a88656d511e3ac88))
+
+## [0.28.5](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.28.4...v0.28.5) (2023-01-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* adding NOPRNGETLIST system option for faster startup ([96eca3a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/96eca3a35dce4521150257ee019beb4488c8a08f))
+
+## [0.28.4](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.28.3...v0.28.4) (2022-12-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* replace main class with container class ([71c429b](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/71c429b093b91e2444ae75d946579dccc2e48636))
+
+## [0.28.3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.28.2...v0.28.3) (2022-12-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* stringify json file ([1192583](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/1192583843d7efd1a6ab6943207f394c3ae966be))
+
+## [0.28.2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.28.1...v0.28.2) (2022-12-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* execute child process asyncronously ([23c997b](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/23c997b3beabeb6b733ae893031d2f1a48f28ad2))
+* JS / Python / R session folders should be NEW folders, not existing SAS folders ([39ba995](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/39ba995355daa24bb7ab22720f8fc57d2dc85f40))
+
+## [0.28.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.28.0...v0.28.1) (2022-11-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* update the content type header after the program has been executed ([4dcee4b](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/4dcee4b3c3950d402220b8f451c50ad98a317d83))
+
+# [0.28.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.27.0...v0.28.0) (2022-11-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* update the response header of request to stp/execute routes ([112431a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/112431a1b7461989c04100418d67d975a2a8f354))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** add the api endpoint for updating user password ([4581f32](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/4581f325344eb68c5df5a28492f132312f15bb5c))
+* ask for updated password on first login ([1d48f88](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/1d48f8856b1fbbf3ef868914558333190e04981f))
+* **web:** add the UI for updating user password ([8b8c43c](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/8b8c43c21bde5379825c5ec44ecd81a92425f605))
+
+# [0.27.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.26.2...v0.27.0) (2022-11-17)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* on startup add webout.sas file in sasautos folder ([200f6c5](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/200f6c596a6e732d799ed408f1f0fd92f216ba58))
+
+## [0.26.2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.26.1...v0.26.2) (2022-11-15)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* comments ([7ae862c](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/7ae862c5ce720e9483d4728f4295dede4f849436))
+
+## [0.26.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.26.0...v0.26.1) (2022-11-15)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* change the expiration of access/refresh tokens from days to seconds ([bb05493](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/bb054938c5bd0535ae6b9da93ba0b14f9b80ddcd))
+
+# [0.26.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.25.1...v0.26.0) (2022-11-13)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **web:** dispose monaco editor actions in return of useEffect ([acc25cb](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/acc25cbd686952d3f1c65e57aefcebe1cb859cc7))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* make access token duration configurable when creating client/secret ([2413c05](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/2413c05fea3960f7e5c3c8b7b2f85d61314f08db))
+* make refresh token duration configurable ([abd5c64](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/abd5c64b4a726e3f17594a98111b6aa269b71fee))
+
+## [0.25.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.25.0...v0.25.1) (2022-11-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **web:** use mui treeView instead of custom implementation ([c51b504](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/c51b50428f32608bc46438e9d7964429b2d595da))
+
+# [0.25.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.24.0...v0.25.0) (2022-11-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Enable DRIVE_LOCATION setting for deploying multiple instances of SASjs Server ([1c9d167](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/1c9d167f86bbbb108b96e9bc30efaf8de65d82ff))
+
+# [0.24.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.23.4...v0.24.0) (2022-10-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* cli mock testing ([6434123](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/643412340162e854f31fba2f162d83b7ab1751d8))
+* mocking sas9 responses with JS STP ([36be3a7](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/36be3a7d5e7df79f9a1f3f00c3661b925f462383))
+
+## [0.23.4](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.23.3...v0.23.4) (2022-10-11)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add action to editor ref for running code ([2412622](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/2412622367eb46c40f388e988ae4606a7ec239b2))
+
+## [0.23.3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.23.2...v0.23.3) (2022-10-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* added domain for session cookies ([94072c3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/94072c3d24a4d0d4c97900dc31bfbf1c9d2559b7))
+
+## [0.23.2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.23.1...v0.23.2) (2022-10-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* bump in correct place ([14731e8](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/14731e8824fa9f3d1daf89fd62f9916d5e3fcae4))
+* bumping sasjs/score ([258cc35](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/258cc35f14cf50f2160f607000c60de27593fd79))
+* reverting commit ([fda0e0b](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/fda0e0b57d56e3b5231e626a8d933343ac0c5cdc))
+
+## [0.23.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.23.0...v0.23.1) (2022-10-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* ldap issues ([4d64420](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/4d64420c45424134b4d2014a2d5dd6e846ed03b3))
+
+# [0.23.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.22.1...v0.23.0) (2022-10-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Enable SAS_PACKAGES in SASjs Server ([424f0fc](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/424f0fc1faec765eb7a14619584e649454105b70))
+
+## [0.22.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.22.0...v0.22.1) (2022-10-03)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* spelling issues ([3bb0597](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/3bb05974d216d69368f4498eb9f309bce7d97fd8))
+
+# [0.22.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.21.7...v0.22.0) (2022-10-03)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* do not throw error on deleting group when it is created by an external auth provider ([68f0c5c](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/68f0c5c5884431e7e8f586dccf98132abebb193e))
+* no need to restrict api endpoints when ldap auth is applied ([a142660](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/a14266077d3541c7a33b7635efa4208335e73519))
+* remove authProvider attribute from user and group payload interface ([bbd7786](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/bbd7786c6ce13b374d896a45c23255b8fa3e8bd2))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* implemented LDAP authentication ([f915c51](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/f915c51b077a2b8c4099727355ed914ecd6364bd))
+
+## [0.21.7](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.21.6...v0.21.7) (2022-09-30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* csrf package is changed to pillarjs-csrf ([fe3e508](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/fe3e5088f8dfff50042ec8e8aac9ba5ba1394deb))
+
+## [0.21.6](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.21.5...v0.21.6) (2022-09-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* in getTokensFromDB handle the scenario when tokens are expired ([40f95f9](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/40f95f9072c8685910138d88fd2410f8704fc975))
+
+## [0.21.5](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.21.4...v0.21.5) (2022-09-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* made files extensions case insensitive ([2496043](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/249604384e42be4c12c88c70a7dff90fc1917a8f))
+
+## [0.21.4](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.21.3...v0.21.4) (2022-09-21)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* removing single quotes from _program value ([a0e7875](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/a0e7875ae61cbb6e7d3995d2e36e7300b0daec86))
+
+## [0.21.3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.21.2...v0.21.3) (2022-09-21)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* return same tokens if not expired ([330c020](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/330c020933f1080261b38f07d6b627f6d7c62446))
+
+## [0.21.2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.21.1...v0.21.2) (2022-09-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* default content-type for sas programs should be text/plain ([9977c9d](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/9977c9d161947b11d45ab2513f99a5320a3f5a06))
+* **studio:** inject program path to code before sending for execution ([edc2e2a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/edc2e2a302ccea4985f3d6b83ef8c23620ab82b6))
+
+## [0.21.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.21.0...v0.21.1) (2022-09-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* SASJS_WEBOUT_HEADERS path for windows ([0749d65](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/0749d65173e8cfe9a93464711b7be1e123c289ff))
+
+# [0.21.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.20.0...v0.21.0) (2022-09-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* sas9 mocker improved - public access denied scenario ([06d3b17](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/06d3b1715432ea245ee755ae1dfd0579d3eb30e9))
+
+# [0.20.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.19.0...v0.20.0) (2022-09-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add support for R stored programs ([d6651bb](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/d6651bbdbeee5067f53c36e69a0eefa973c523b6))
+
+# [0.19.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0) (2022-09-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* added mocking endpoints ([0a0ba2c](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/0a0ba2cca5db867de46fb2486d856a84ec68d3b4))
+
+# [0.18.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.17.5...v0.18.0) (2022-09-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add option for program launch in context menu ([ee2db27](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/ee2db276bb0bbd522f758e0b66f7e7b2f4afd9d5))
+
+## [0.17.5](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.17.4...v0.17.5) (2022-09-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* SASINITIALFOLDER split over 2 params, closes [#271](https://github.com/sasjs/server/issues/271) ([393b5ea](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/393b5eaf990049c39eecf2b9e8dd21a001b6e298))
+
+## [0.17.4](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.17.3...v0.17.4) (2022-09-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* invalid JS logic ([9f06080](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/9f06080348aed076f8188a26fb4890d38a5a3510))
+
+## [0.17.3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.17.2...v0.17.3) (2022-09-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* making SASINITIALFOLDER option windows only.  Closes [#267](https://github.com/sasjs/server/issues/267) ([e63271a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/e63271a67a0deb3059a5f2bec1854efee5a6e5a5))
+
+## [0.17.2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.17.1...v0.17.2) (2022-08-31)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* addition of SASINITIALFOLDER startup option.  Closes [#260](https://github.com/sasjs/server/issues/260) ([a5ee2f2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/a5ee2f292384f90e9d95d003d652311c0d91a7a7))
+
+## [0.17.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.17.0...v0.17.1) (2022-08-30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* typo mistake ([ee17d37](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/ee17d37aa188b0ca43cea0e89d6cd1a566b765cb))
+
+# [0.17.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.16.1...v0.17.0) (2022-08-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* allow underscores in file name ([bce83cb](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/bce83cb6fbc98f8198564c9399821f5829acc767))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add the functionality of saving file by ctrl + s in editor ([3a3c90d](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/3a3c90d9e690ac5267bf1acc834b5b5c5b4dadb6))
+
+## [0.16.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.16.0...v0.16.1) (2022-08-24)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* update response of /SASjsApi/stp/execute and /SASjsApi/code/execute ([98ea2ac](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/98ea2ac9b98631605e39e5900e533727ea0e3d85))
+
+# [0.16.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.15.3...v0.16.0) (2022-08-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add a new variable _SASJS_WEBOUT_HEADERS to code.js and code.py ([882bedd](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/882bedd5d5da22de6ed45c03d0a261aadfb3a33c))
+* update content for code.sas file ([02e88ae](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/02e88ae7280d020a753bc2c095a931c79ac392d1))
+* update default content type for python and js runtimes ([8780b80](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/8780b800a34aa618631821e5d97e26e8b0f15806))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* implement the logic for running python stored programs ([b06993a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/b06993ab9ea24b28d9e553763187387685aaa666))
+
+## [0.15.3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.15.2...v0.15.3) (2022-08-11)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* adding proc printto in precode to enable print output in log.  Closes [#253](https://github.com/sasjs/server/issues/253) ([f8bb732](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/f8bb7327a8a4649ac77bb6237e31cea075d46bb9))
+
+## [0.15.2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.15.1...v0.15.2) (2022-08-10)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* remove vulnerabitities ([f27ac51](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/f27ac51fc4beb21070d0ab551cfdaec1f6ba39e0))
+
+## [0.15.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.15.0...v0.15.1) (2022-08-10)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **web:** fix UI responsiveness ([d99fdd1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/d99fdd1ec7991b94a0d98338d7a7a6216f46ce45))
+
+# [0.15.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.14.1...v0.15.0) (2022-08-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* after selecting file in sidebar collapse sidebar in mobile view ([e215958](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/e215958b8b05d7a8ce9d82395e0640b5b37fb40d))
+* improve mobile view for studio page ([c67d3ee](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/c67d3ee2f102155e2e9781e13d5d33c1ab227cb4))
+* improve responsiveness for mobile view ([6ef40b9](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/6ef40b954a87ebb0a2621119064f38d58ea85148))
+* improve user experience for adding permissions ([7a162ed](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/7a162eda8fc60383ff647d93e6611799e2e6af7a))
+* show logout button only when user is logged in ([9227cd4](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/9227cd449dc46fd960a488eb281804a9b9ffc284))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add multiple permission for same combination of type and principal at once ([754704b](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/754704bca89ecbdbcc3bd4ef04b94124c4f24167))
+
+## [0.14.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.14.0...v0.14.1) (2022-08-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **apps:** App Stream logo fix ([87c03c5](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/87c03c5f8dbdfc151d4ff3722ecbcd3f7e409aea))
+* **cookie:** XSRF cookie is removed and passed token in head section ([77f8d30](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/77f8d30baf9b1077279c29f1c3e5ca02a5436bc0))
+* **env:** check added for not providing WHITELIST ([5966016](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/5966016853369146b27ac5781808cb51d65c887f))
+* **web:** show login on logged-out state ([f7fcc77](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/f7fcc7741aa2af93a4a2b1e651003704c9bbff0c))
+
+# [0.14.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.13.3...v0.14.0) (2022-08-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add restriction on  add/remove user to public group ([d3a516c](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/d3a516c36e45aa1cc76c30c744e6a0e5bd553165))
+* call jwt.verify in synchronous way ([254bc07](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/254bc07da744a9708109bfb792be70aa3f6284f4))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add public group to DB on seed ([c3e3bef](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/c3e3befc17102ee1754e1403193040b4f79fb2a7))
+* bypass authentication when route is enabled for public group ([68515f9](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/68515f95a65d422e29c0ed6028f3ea0ae8d9b1bf))
+
+## [0.13.3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.13.2...v0.13.3) (2022-08-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* show non-admin user his own permissions only ([8a3054e](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/8a3054e19ade82e2792cfb0f2a8af9e502c5eb52))
+* update schema of Permission ([5d5a9d3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/5d5a9d3788281d75c56f68f0dff231abc9c9c275))
+
+## [0.13.2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.13.1...v0.13.2) (2022-08-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* adding ls=max to reduce log size and improve readability ([916947d](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/916947dffacd902ff23ac3e899d1bf5ab6238b75))
+
+## [0.13.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.13.0...v0.13.1) (2022-07-31)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* adding options to prevent unwanted windows on windows.  Closes [#244](https://github.com/sasjs/server/issues/244) ([77db14c](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/77db14c690e18145d733ac2b0d646ab0dbe4d521))
+
+# [0.13.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.12.1...v0.13.0) (2022-07-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* autofocus input field and submit on enter ([7681722](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/7681722e5afdc2df0c9eed201b05add3beda92a7))
+* move api button to user menu ([8de032b](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/8de032b5431b47daabcf783c47ff078bf817247d))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add action and command to editor ([706e228](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/706e228a8e1924786fd9dc97de387974eda504b1))
+
+## [0.12.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.12.0...v0.12.1) (2022-07-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **web:** disable launch icon button when file content is not saved ([c574b42](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/c574b4223591c4a6cd3ef5e146ce99cd8f7c9190))
+* **web:** saveAs functionality fixed in studio page ([3c987c6](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/3c987c61ddc258f991e2bf38c1f16a0c4248d6ae))
+* **web:** show original name as default name in rename file/folder modal ([9640f65](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/9640f6526496f3564664ccb1f834d0f659dcad4e))
+* **web:** webout tab item fixed in studio page ([7cdffe3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/7cdffe30e36e5cad0284f48ea97925958e12704c))
+* **web:** when no file is selected save the editor content to local storage ([3b1fcb9](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/3b1fcb937d06d02ab99c9e8dbe307012d48a7a3a))
+
+# [0.12.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.11.5...v0.12.0) (2022-07-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fileTree api response to include an additional attribute isFolder ([0f19384](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/0f193849994f1ac8a071afa8f10af5b46f86663d))
+* remove drive component ([06d7c91](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/06d7c91fc34620a954df1fd1c682eff370f79ca6))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add api end point for delete folder ([08e0c61](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/08e0c61e0fd7041d6cded6f4d71fbb410e5615ce))
+* add sidebar(drive) to left of studio ([6c35412](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/6c35412d2f5180d4e49b12e616576d8b8dacb7d8))
+* created api endpoint for adding empty folder in drive ([941917e](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/941917e508ece5009135f9dddf99775dd4002f78))
+* implemented api for renaming file/folder ([fdcaba9](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/fdcaba9d56cddea5d56d7de5a172f1bb49be3db5))
+* implemented delete file/folder functionality ([177675b](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/177675bc897416f7994dd849dc7bb11ba072efe9))
+* implemented functionality for adding file/folder from sidebar context menu ([0ce94a5](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/0ce94a553e53bfcdbd6273b26b322095a080a341))
+* implemented the functionality for renaming file/folder from context menu ([7010a6a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/7010a6a1201720d0eb4093267a344fb828b90a2f))
+* prevent user from leaving studio page when there are unsaved changes ([6c75502](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/6c7550286b5f505e9dfe8ca63c62fa1db1b60b2e))
+* **web:** add difference view editor in studio ([420a61a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/420a61a5a6b11dcb5eb0a652ea9cecea5c3bee5f))
+
+## [0.11.5](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.11.4...v0.11.5) (2022-07-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Revert "fix(security): missing cookie flags are added" ([ce5218a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/ce5218a2278cc750f2b1032024685dc6cd72f796))
+
+## [0.11.4](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.11.3...v0.11.4) (2022-07-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **security:** missing cookie flags are added ([526402f](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/526402fd73407ee4fa2d31092111a7e6a1741487))
+
+## [0.11.3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.11.2...v0.11.3) (2022-07-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* filePath fix in code.js file for windows ([2995121](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/299512135d77c2ac9e34853cf35aee6f2e1d4da4))
+
+## [0.11.2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.11.1...v0.11.2) (2022-07-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* apply icon option only for sas.exe ([d2ddd8a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/d2ddd8aacadfdd143026881f2c6ae8c6b277610a))
+
+## [0.11.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.11.0...v0.11.1) (2022-07-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* bank operator ([aa02741](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/aa027414ed3ce51f1014ef36c4191e064b2e963d))
+* ensuring nosplash option only applies for sas.exe ([65e6de9](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/65e6de966383fe49a919b1f901d77c7f1e402c9b)), closes [#229](https://github.com/sasjs/server/issues/229)
+
 # [0.11.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.10.0...v0.11.0) (2022-07-16)


--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,23 +64,53 @@ Example contents of a `.env` file:
 # Server mode is multi-user and suitable for intranet / internet use
 MODE=

+# A comma separated string that defines the available runTimes.
+# Priority is given to the runtime that comes first in the string.
+# Possible options at the moment are sas, js, py and r
+
+# This string sets the priority of the available analytic runtimes
+# Valid runtimes are SAS (sas), JavaScript (js), Python (py) and R (r)
+# For each option provided, there should be a corresponding path,
+# eg SAS_PATH, NODE_PATH, PYTHON_PATH or RSCRIPT_PATH
+# Priority is given to runtimes earlier in the string
+# Example options:  [sas,js,py | js,py | sas | sas,js | r | sas,r]
+RUN_TIMES=
+
 # Path to SAS executable (sas.exe / sas.sh)
 SAS_PATH=/path/to/sas/executable.exe

 # Path to Node.js executable
 NODE_PATH=~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/bin/node

+# Path to Python executable
+PYTHON_PATH=/usr/bin/python
+
+# Path to R executable
+R_PATH=/usr/bin/Rscript
+
 # Path to working directory
 # This location is for SAS WORK, staged files, DRIVE, configuration etc
 SASJS_ROOT=./sasjs_root


+# This location is for files, sasjs packages and appStreamConfig.json
+DRIVE_LOCATION=./sasjs_root/drive
+
+
 # options: [http|https] default: http
 PROTOCOL=

 # default: 5000
 PORT=

+# options: [sas9|sasviya]
+# If not present, mocking function is disabled
+MOCK_SERVERTYPE=
+
+# default: /api/mocks
+# Path to mocking folder, for generic responses, it's sub directories should be: sas9, viya, sasjs
+# Server will automatically use subdirectory accordingly
+STATIC_MOCK_LOCATION=

 #
 ## Additional SAS Options
@@ -104,9 +134,22 @@ PRIVATE_KEY=privkey.pem (required)
 CERT_CHAIN=certificate.pem (required)
 CA_ROOT=fullchain.pem (optional)

-# ENV variables required for MODE: `server`
+## ENV variables required for MODE: `server`
 DB_CONNECT=mongodb+srv://<DB_USERNAME>:<DB_PASSWORD>@<CLUSTER>/<DB_NAME>?retryWrites=true&w=majority

+# options: [mongodb|cosmos_mongodb] default: mongodb
+DB_TYPE=
+
+# AUTH_PROVIDERS options: [ldap] default: ``
+AUTH_PROVIDERS=
+
+## ENV variables required for AUTH_MECHANISM: `ldap`
+LDAP_URL= <LDAP_SERVER_URL>
+LDAP_BIND_DN= <cn=admin,ou=system,dc=cloudron>
+LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = <password>
+LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN = <ou=users,dc=cloudron>
+LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN = <ou=groups,dc=cloudron>
+
 # options: [disable|enable] default: `disable` for `server` & `enable` for `desktop`
 # If enabled, be sure to also configure the WHITELIST of third party servers.
 CORS=
@@ -139,13 +182,6 @@ LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN=
 # This location is for server logs with classical UNIX logrotate behavior
 LOG_LOCATION=./sasjs_root/logs

-# A comma separated string that defines the available runTimes.
-# Priority is given to the runtime that comes first in the string.
-# Possible options at the moment are sas and js
-
-# options: [sas,js|js,sas|sas|js] default:sas
-RUN_TIMES=
-
 ```

 ## Persisting the Session
--- a/api/.env.example
+++ b/api/.env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 MODE=[desktop|server] default considered as desktop
 CORS=[disable|enable] default considered as disable for server MODE & enable for desktop MODE
+ALLOWED_DOMAIN=<just domain e.g. example.com >
 WHITELIST=<space separated urls, each starting with protocol `http` or `https`>

 PROTOCOL=[http|https] default considered as http
@@ -13,12 +14,24 @@ HELMET_CSP_CONFIG_PATH=./csp.config.json if omitted HELMET default will be used
 HELMET_COEP=[true|false] if omitted HELMET default will be used

 DB_CONNECT=mongodb+srv://<DB_USERNAME>:<DB_PASSWORD>@<CLUSTER>/<DB_NAME>?retryWrites=true&w=majority
+DB_TYPE=[mongodb|cosmos_mongodb] default considered as mongodb

-RUN_TIMES=[sas|js|sas,js|js,sas] default considered as sas
+AUTH_PROVIDERS=[ldap]
+
+LDAP_URL= <LDAP_SERVER_URL>
+LDAP_BIND_DN= <cn=admin,ou=system,dc=cloudron>
+LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = <password>
+LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN = <ou=users,dc=cloudron>
+LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN = <ou=groups,dc=cloudron>
+
+RUN_TIMES=[sas,js,py | js,py | sas | sas,js] default considered as sas
 SAS_PATH=/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sas
 NODE_PATH=~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/bin/node
+PYTHON_PATH=/usr/bin/python
+R_PATH=/usr/bin/Rscript

 SASJS_ROOT=./sasjs_root
+DRIVE_LOCATION=./sasjs_root/drive

 LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN=common
 LOG_LOCATION=./sasjs_root/logs
--- a/api/mocks/sas9/generic/logged-in
+++ b/api/mocks/sas9/generic/logged-in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+You have signed in.
--- a/api/mocks/sas9/generic/logged-out
+++ b/api/mocks/sas9/generic/logged-out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+You have signed out.
--- a/api/mocks/sas9/generic/login
+++ b/api/mocks/sas9/generic/login
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US" dir="ltr" class="bg">
+
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+  <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1" />
+</head>
+
+
+<div class="content">
+  <form id="credentials" class="minimal" action="/SASLogon/login?service=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost:5004%2FSASStoredProcess%2Fj_spring_cas_security_check" method="post">
+    <!--form container-->
+    <input type="hidden" name="lt" value="validtoken" aria-hidden="true" />
+    <input type="hidden" name="execution" value="e2s1" aria-hidden="true" />
+    <input type="hidden" name="_eventId" value="submit" aria-hidden="true" />
+
+    <span class="userid">
+
+      <input id="username" name="username" tabindex="3" aria-labelledby="username1 message1 message2 message3" name="username" placeholder="User ID" type="text" autofocus="true" value="" maxlength="500" autocomplete="off" />
+    </span>
+    <span class="password">
+
+      <input id="password" name="password" tabindex="4" name="password" placeholder="Password" type="password" value="" maxlength="500" autocomplete="off" />
+    </span>
+
+    <button type="submit" class="btn-submit" title="Sign In" tabindex="5" onClick="this.disabled=true;setSubmitUrl(this.form);this.form.submit();return false;">Sign In</button>
+
+
+  </form>
+</div>
+</html>
--- a/api/mocks/sas9/generic/public-access-denied
+++ b/api/mocks/sas9/generic/public-access-denied
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Public access has been denied.
--- a/api/mocks/sas9/generic/sas-stored-process
+++ b/api/mocks/sas9/generic/sas-stored-process
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"title": "Log Off SAS Demo User"
--- a/api/package-lock.json
+++ b/api/package-lock.json
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  "description": "Api of SASjs server",
  "main": "./src/server.ts",
  "scripts": {
-    "initial": "npm run swagger && npm run compileSysInit && npm run copySASjsCore",
+    "initial": "npm run swagger && npm run compileSysInit && npm run copySASjsCore && npm run downloadMacros",
    "prestart": "npm run initial",
    "prebuild": "npm run initial",
    "start": "NODE_ENV=development nodemon ./src/server.ts",
@@ -17,20 +17,21 @@
    "lint:fix": "npx prettier --write \"src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,html,css,sass,less,yml,md,graphql}\"",
    "lint": "npx prettier --check \"src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,html,css,sass,less,yml,md,graphql}\"",
    "exe": "npm run build && pkg .",
-    "copy:files": "npm run public:copy && npm run sasjsbuild:copy && npm run sasjscore:copy && npm run web:copy",
+    "copy:files": "npm run public:copy && npm run sasjsbuild:copy && npm run sas:copy && npm run web:copy",
    "public:copy": "cp -r ./public/ ./build/public/",
    "sasjsbuild:copy": "cp -r ./sasjsbuild/ ./build/sasjsbuild/",
-    "sasjscore:copy": "cp -r ./sasjscore/ ./build/sasjscore/",
+    "sas:copy": "cp -r ./sas/ ./build/sas/",
    "web:copy": "rimraf web && mkdir web && cp -r ../web/build/ ./web/build/",
    "compileSysInit": "ts-node ./scripts/compileSysInit.ts",
-    "copySASjsCore": "ts-node ./scripts/copySASjsCore.ts"
+    "copySASjsCore": "ts-node ./scripts/copySASjsCore.ts",
+    "downloadMacros": "ts-node ./scripts/downloadMacros.ts"
  },
  "bin": "./build/src/server.js",
  "pkg": {
    "assets": [
      "./build/public/**/*",
      "./build/sasjsbuild/**/*",
-      "./build/sasjscore/**/*",
+      "./build/sas/**/*",
      "./web/build/**/*"
    ],
    "targets": [
@@ -47,22 +48,22 @@
  },
  "author": "4GL Ltd",
  "dependencies": {
-    "@sasjs/core": "^4.31.3",
-    "@sasjs/utils": "2.42.1",
+    "@sasjs/core": "^4.40.1",
+    "@sasjs/utils": "2.48.1",
    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
    "connect-mongo": "^4.6.0",
    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
-    "csurf": "^1.11.0",
    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "express-session": "^1.17.2",
    "helmet": "^5.0.2",
    "joi": "^17.4.2",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
+    "ldapjs": "2.3.3",
    "mongoose": "^6.0.12",
    "mongoose-sequence": "^5.3.1",
    "morgan": "^1.10.0",
-    "multer": "^1.4.3",
+    "multer": "^1.4.5-lts.1",
    "rotating-file-stream": "^3.0.4",
    "swagger-ui-express": "4.3.0",
    "unzipper": "^0.10.11",
@@ -73,11 +74,11 @@
    "@types/bcryptjs": "^2.4.2",
    "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.2",
    "@types/cors": "^2.8.12",
-    "@types/csurf": "^1.11.2",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.12",
    "@types/express-session": "^1.17.4",
    "@types/jest": "^26.0.24",
    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.5",
+    "@types/ldapjs": "^2.2.4",
    "@types/mongoose-sequence": "^3.0.6",
    "@types/morgan": "^1.9.3",
    "@types/multer": "^1.4.7",
@@ -86,10 +87,13 @@
    "@types/swagger-ui-express": "^4.1.3",
    "@types/unzipper": "^0.10.5",
    "adm-zip": "^0.5.9",
+    "axios": "0.27.2",
+    "csrf": "^3.1.0",
    "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
    "http-headers-validation": "^0.0.1",
    "jest": "^27.0.6",
-    "mongodb-memory-server": "^8.0.0",
+    "mongodb-memory-server": "8.11.4",
+    "nodejs-file-downloader": "4.10.2",
    "nodemon": "^2.0.7",
    "pkg": "5.6.0",
    "prettier": "^2.3.1",
--- a/api/public/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api/public/swagger.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ components:
                - userId
            type: object
            additionalProperties: false
+        UpdatePasswordPayload:
+            properties:
+                currentPassword:
+                    type: string
+                    description: 'Current Password'
+                    example: currentPasswordString
+                newPassword:
+                    type: string
+                    description: 'New Password'
+                    example: newPassword
+            required:
+                - currentPassword
+                - newPassword
+            type: object
+            additionalProperties: false
        ClientPayload:
            properties:
                clientId:
@@ -57,57 +72,27 @@ components:
                    type: string
                    description: 'Client Secret'
                    example: someRandomCryptoString
+                accessTokenExpiration:
+                    type: number
+                    format: double
+                    description: 'Number of seconds after which access token will expire. Default is 86400 (1 day)'
+                    example: 86400
+                refreshTokenExpiration:
+                    type: number
+                    format: double
+                    description: 'Number of seconds after which access token will expire. Default is 2592000 (30 days)'
+                    example: 2592000
            required:
                - clientId
                - clientSecret
            type: object
            additionalProperties: false
-        IRecordOfAny:
-            properties: {}
-            type: object
-            additionalProperties: {}
-        LogLine:
-            properties:
-                line:
-                    type: string
-            required:
-                - line
-            type: object
-            additionalProperties: false
-        HTTPHeaders:
-            properties: {}
-            type: object
-            additionalProperties:
-                type: string
-        ExecuteReturnJsonResponse:
-            properties:
-                status:
-                    type: string
-                _webout:
-                    anyOf:
-                        -
-                            type: string
-                        -
-                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IRecordOfAny'
-                log:
-                    items:
-                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogLine'
-                    type: array
-                message:
-                    type: string
-                httpHeaders:
-                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPHeaders'
-            required:
-                - status
-                - _webout
-                - log
-                - httpHeaders
-            type: object
-            additionalProperties: false
        RunTimeType:
            enum:
                - sas
                - js
+                - py
+                - r
            type: string
        ExecuteCodePayload:
            properties:
@@ -230,7 +215,7 @@ components:
                - fileTree
            type: object
            additionalProperties: false
-        UpdateFileResponse:
+        FileFolderResponse:
            properties:
                status:
                    type: string
@@ -240,6 +225,31 @@ components:
                - status
            type: object
            additionalProperties: false
+        AddFolderPayload:
+            properties:
+                folderPath:
+                    type: string
+                    description: 'Location of folder'
+                    example: /Public/someFolder
+            required:
+                - folderPath
+            type: object
+            additionalProperties: false
+        RenamePayload:
+            properties:
+                oldPath:
+                    type: string
+                    description: 'Old path of file/folder'
+                    example: /Public/someFolder
+                newPath:
+                    type: string
+                    description: 'New path of file/folder'
+                    example: /Public/newFolder
+            required:
+                - oldPath
+                - newPath
+            type: object
+            additionalProperties: false
        TreeNode:
            properties:
                name:
@@ -248,6 +258,8 @@ components:
                    type: string
                absolutePath:
                    type: string
+                isFolder:
+                    type: boolean
                children:
                    items:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/TreeNode'
@@ -256,6 +268,7 @@ components:
                - name
                - relativePath
                - absolutePath
+                - isFolder
                - children
            type: object
            additionalProperties: false
@@ -403,27 +416,13 @@ components:
                - description
            type: object
            additionalProperties: false
-        _LeanDocument__LeanDocument_T__:
+        FlattenMaps_T_:
            properties: {}
            type: object
-        Pick__LeanDocument_T_.Exclude_keyof_LeanDocument_T_.Exclude_keyofDocument._id-or-id-or-__v_-or-%24isSingleNested__:
-            properties:
-                _id:
-                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/_LeanDocument__LeanDocument_T__'
-                    description: 'This documents _id.'
-                __v:
-                    description: 'This documents __v.'
-                id:
-                    description: 'The string version of this documents _id.'
-            type: object
-            description: 'From T, pick a set of properties whose keys are in the union K'
-        Omit__LeanDocument_this_.Exclude_keyofDocument._id-or-id-or-__v_-or-%24isSingleNested_:
-            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pick__LeanDocument_T_.Exclude_keyof_LeanDocument_T_.Exclude_keyofDocument._id-or-id-or-__v_-or-%24isSingleNested__'
-            description: 'Construct a type with the properties of T except for those in type K.'
-        LeanDocument_this_:
-            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Omit__LeanDocument_this_.Exclude_keyofDocument._id-or-id-or-__v_-or-%24isSingleNested_'
        IGroup:
-            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LeanDocument_this_'
+            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlattenMaps_T_'
+        ObjectId:
+            type: string
        InfoResponse:
            properties:
                mode:
@@ -450,15 +449,113 @@ components:
            additionalProperties: false
        AuthorizedRoutesResponse:
            properties:
-                URIs:
+                paths:
                    items:
                        type: string
                    type: array
            required:
-                - URIs
+                - paths
            type: object
            additionalProperties: false
-        ExecuteReturnJsonPayload:
+        PermissionDetailsResponse:
+            properties:
+                permissionId:
+                    type: number
+                    format: double
+                path:
+                    type: string
+                type:
+                    type: string
+                setting:
+                    type: string
+                user:
+                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserResponse'
+                group:
+                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupDetailsResponse'
+            required:
+                - permissionId
+                - path
+                - type
+                - setting
+            type: object
+            additionalProperties: false
+        PermissionType:
+            enum:
+                - Route
+            type: string
+        PermissionSettingForRoute:
+            enum:
+                - Grant
+                - Deny
+            type: string
+        PrincipalType:
+            enum:
+                - user
+                - group
+            type: string
+        RegisterPermissionPayload:
+            properties:
+                path:
+                    type: string
+                    description: 'Name of affected resource'
+                    example: /SASjsApi/code/execute
+                type:
+                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionType'
+                    description: 'Type of affected resource'
+                    example: Route
+                setting:
+                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionSettingForRoute'
+                    description: 'The indication of whether (and to what extent) access is provided'
+                    example: Grant
+                principalType:
+                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PrincipalType'
+                    description: 'Indicates the type of principal'
+                    example: user
+                principalId:
+                    type: number
+                    format: double
+                    description: 'The id of user or group to which a rule is assigned.'
+                    example: 123
+            required:
+                - path
+                - type
+                - setting
+                - principalType
+                - principalId
+            type: object
+            additionalProperties: false
+        UpdatePermissionPayload:
+            properties:
+                setting:
+                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionSettingForRoute'
+                    description: 'The indication of whether (and to what extent) access is provided'
+                    example: Grant
+            required:
+                - setting
+            type: object
+            additionalProperties: false
+        SessionResponse:
+            properties:
+                id:
+                    type: number
+                    format: double
+                username:
+                    type: string
+                displayName:
+                    type: string
+                isAdmin:
+                    type: boolean
+                needsToUpdatePassword:
+                    type: boolean
+            required:
+                - id
+                - username
+                - displayName
+                - isAdmin
+                - needsToUpdatePassword
+            type: object
+            additionalProperties: false
+        ExecutePostRequestPayload:
            properties:
                _program:
                    type: string
@@ -501,71 +598,6 @@ components:
                - clientId
            type: object
            additionalProperties: false
-        PermissionDetailsResponse:
-            properties:
-                permissionId:
-                    type: number
-                    format: double
-                uri:
-                    type: string
-                setting:
-                    type: string
-                user:
-                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserResponse'
-                group:
-                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/GroupDetailsResponse'
-            required:
-                - permissionId
-                - uri
-                - setting
-            type: object
-            additionalProperties: false
-        PermissionSetting:
-            enum:
-                - Grant
-                - Deny
-            type: string
-        PrincipalType:
-            enum:
-                - user
-                - group
-            type: string
-        RegisterPermissionPayload:
-            properties:
-                uri:
-                    type: string
-                    description: 'Name of affected resource'
-                    example: /SASjsApi/code/execute
-                setting:
-                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionSetting'
-                    description: 'The indication of whether (and to what extent) access is provided'
-                    example: Grant
-                principalType:
-                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PrincipalType'
-                    description: 'Indicates the type of principal'
-                    example: user
-                principalId:
-                    type: number
-                    format: double
-                    description: 'The id of user or group to which a rule is assigned.'
-                    example: 123
-            required:
-                - uri
-                - setting
-                - principalType
-                - principalId
-            type: object
-            additionalProperties: false
-        UpdatePermissionPayload:
-            properties:
-                setting:
-                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionSetting'
-                    description: 'The indication of whether (and to what extent) access is provided'
-                    example: Grant
-            required:
-                - setting
-            type: object
-            additionalProperties: false
    securitySchemes:
        bearerAuth:
            type: http
@@ -636,6 +668,70 @@ paths:
                -
                    bearerAuth: []
            parameters: []
+    /SASjsApi/auth/updatePassword:
+        patch:
+            operationId: UpdatePassword
+            responses:
+                '204':
+                    description: 'No content'
+            summary: 'Update user''s password.'
+            tags:
+                - Auth
+            security:
+                -
+                    bearerAuth: []
+            parameters: []
+            requestBody:
+                required: true
+                content:
+                    application/json:
+                        schema:
+                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdatePasswordPayload'
+    /SASjsApi/authConfig:
+        get:
+            operationId: GetDetail
+            responses:
+                '200':
+                    description: Ok
+                    content:
+                        application/json:
+                            schema: {}
+                            examples:
+                                'Example 1':
+                                    value: {ldap: {LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://my.ldap.server:636', LDAP_BIND_DN: 'cn=admin,ou=system,dc=cloudron', LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: secret, LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN: 'ou=users,dc=cloudron', LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN: 'ou=groups,dc=cloudron'}}
+            summary: 'Gives the detail of Auth Mechanism.'
+            tags:
+                - Auth_Config
+            security:
+                -
+                    bearerAuth: []
+            parameters: []
+    /SASjsApi/authConfig/synchroniseWithLDAP:
+        post:
+            operationId: SynchroniseWithLDAP
+            responses:
+                '200':
+                    description: Ok
+                    content:
+                        application/json:
+                            schema:
+                                properties:
+                                    groupCount: {type: number, format: double}
+                                    userCount: {type: number, format: double}
+                                required:
+                                    - groupCount
+                                    - userCount
+                                type: object
+                            examples:
+                                'Example 1':
+                                    value: {users: 5, groups: 3}
+            summary: 'Synchronises LDAP users and groups with internal DB and returns the count of imported users and groups.'
+            tags:
+                - Auth_Config
+            security:
+                -
+                    bearerAuth: []
+            parameters: []
    /SASjsApi/client:
        post:
            operationId: CreateClient
@@ -648,8 +744,8 @@ paths:
                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClientPayload'
                            examples:
                                'Example 1':
-                                    value: {clientId: someFormattedClientID1234, clientSecret: someRandomCryptoString}
-            summary: 'Create client with the following attributes: ClientId, ClientSecret. Admin only task.'
+                                    value: {clientId: someFormattedClientID1234, clientSecret: someRandomCryptoString, accessTokenExpiration: 86400}
+            summary: "Admin only task. Create client with the following attributes:\nClientId,\nClientSecret,\naccessTokenExpiration (optional),\nrefreshTokenExpiration (optional)"
            tags:
                - Client
            security:
@@ -671,11 +767,13 @@ paths:
                    content:
                        application/json:
                            schema:
-                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExecuteReturnJsonResponse'
-            description: 'Execute SAS code.'
-            summary: 'Run SAS Code and returns log'
+                                anyOf:
+                                    - {type: string}
+                                    - {type: string, format: byte}
+            description: 'Execute Code on the Specified Runtime'
+            summary: 'Run Code and Return Webout Content and Log'
            tags:
-                - CODE
+                - Code
            security:
                -
                    bearerAuth: []
@@ -836,7 +934,7 @@ paths:
                    content:
                        application/json:
                            schema:
-                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateFileResponse'
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileFolderResponse'
                            examples:
                                'Example 1':
                                    value: {status: success}
@@ -845,7 +943,7 @@ paths:
                    content:
                        application/json:
                            schema:
-                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateFileResponse'
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileFolderResponse'
                            examples:
                                'Example 1':
                                    value: {status: failure, message: 'File request failed.'}
@@ -858,7 +956,7 @@ paths:
                    bearerAuth: []
            parameters:
                -
-                    description: 'Location of SAS program'
+                    description: 'Location of file'
                    in: query
                    name: _filePath
                    required: false
@@ -887,7 +985,7 @@ paths:
                    content:
                        application/json:
                            schema:
-                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateFileResponse'
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileFolderResponse'
                            examples:
                                'Example 1':
                                    value: {status: success}
@@ -896,7 +994,7 @@ paths:
                    content:
                        application/json:
                            schema:
-                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateFileResponse'
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileFolderResponse'
                            examples:
                                'Example 1':
                                    value: {status: failure, message: 'File request failed.'}
@@ -960,6 +1058,102 @@ paths:
                    schema:
                        type: string
                    example: /Public/somefolder
+        delete:
+            operationId: DeleteFolder
+            responses:
+                '200':
+                    description: Ok
+                    content:
+                        application/json:
+                            schema:
+                                properties:
+                                    status: {type: string}
+                                required:
+                                    - status
+                                type: object
+            summary: 'Delete folder from SASjs Drive'
+            tags:
+                - Drive
+            security:
+                -
+                    bearerAuth: []
+            parameters:
+                -
+                    in: query
+                    name: _folderPath
+                    required: true
+                    schema:
+                        type: string
+                    example: /Public/somefolder/
+        post:
+            operationId: AddFolder
+            responses:
+                '200':
+                    description: Ok
+                    content:
+                        application/json:
+                            schema:
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileFolderResponse'
+                            examples:
+                                'Example 1':
+                                    value: {status: success}
+                '409':
+                    description: 'Folder already exists'
+                    content:
+                        application/json:
+                            schema:
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileFolderResponse'
+                            examples:
+                                'Example 1':
+                                    value: {status: failure, message: 'Add folder request failed.'}
+            summary: 'Create an empty folder in SASjs Drive'
+            tags:
+                - Drive
+            security:
+                -
+                    bearerAuth: []
+            parameters: []
+            requestBody:
+                required: true
+                content:
+                    application/json:
+                        schema:
+                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddFolderPayload'
+    /SASjsApi/drive/rename:
+        post:
+            operationId: Rename
+            responses:
+                '200':
+                    description: Ok
+                    content:
+                        application/json:
+                            schema:
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileFolderResponse'
+                            examples:
+                                'Example 1':
+                                    value: {status: success}
+                '409':
+                    description: 'Folder already exists'
+                    content:
+                        application/json:
+                            schema:
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FileFolderResponse'
+                            examples:
+                                'Example 1':
+                                    value: {status: failure, message: 'rename request failed.'}
+            summary: 'Renames a file/folder in SASjs Drive'
+            tags:
+                - Drive
+            security:
+                -
+                    bearerAuth: []
+            parameters: []
+            requestBody:
+                required: true
+                content:
+                    application/json:
+                        schema:
+                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RenamePayload'
    /SASjsApi/drive/filetree:
        get:
            operationId: GetFileTree
@@ -1310,7 +1504,7 @@ paths:
                            schema:
                                allOf:
                                    - {$ref: '#/components/schemas/IGroup'}
-                                    - {properties: {_id: {}}, required: [_id], type: object}
+                                    - {properties: {_id: {$ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectId'}}, required: [_id], type: object}
            summary: 'Delete a group. Admin task only.'
            tags:
                - Group
@@ -1432,12 +1626,116 @@ paths:
                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizedRoutesResponse'
                            examples:
                                'Example 1':
-                                    value: {URIs: [/AppStream, /SASjsApi/stp/execute]}
-            summary: 'Get authorized routes.'
+                                    value: {paths: [/AppStream, /SASjsApi/stp/execute]}
+            summary: 'Get the list of available routes to which permissions can be applied.  Used to populate the dialog in the URI Permissions feature.'
            tags:
                - Info
            security: []
            parameters: []
+    /SASjsApi/permission:
+        get:
+            operationId: GetAllPermissions
+            responses:
+                '200':
+                    description: Ok
+                    content:
+                        application/json:
+                            schema:
+                                items:
+                                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionDetailsResponse'
+                                type: array
+                            examples:
+                                'Example 1':
+                                    value: [{permissionId: 123, path: /SASjsApi/code/execute, type: Route, setting: Grant, user: {id: 1, username: johnSnow01, displayName: 'John Snow', isAdmin: false}}, {permissionId: 124, path: /SASjsApi/code/execute, type: Route, setting: Grant, group: {groupId: 1, name: DCGroup, description: 'This group represents Data Controller Users', isActive: true, users: []}}]
+            description: "Get the list of permission rules applicable the authenticated user.\nIf the user is an admin, all rules are returned."
+            summary: 'Get the list of permission rules. If the user is admin, all rules are returned.'
+            tags:
+                - Permission
+            security:
+                -
+                    bearerAuth: []
+            parameters: []
+        post:
+            operationId: CreatePermission
+            responses:
+                '200':
+                    description: Ok
+                    content:
+                        application/json:
+                            schema:
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionDetailsResponse'
+                            examples:
+                                'Example 1':
+                                    value: {permissionId: 123, path: /SASjsApi/code/execute, type: Route, setting: Grant, user: {id: 1, username: johnSnow01, displayName: 'John Snow', isAdmin: false}}
+            summary: 'Create a new permission. Admin only.'
+            tags:
+                - Permission
+            security:
+                -
+                    bearerAuth: []
+            parameters: []
+            requestBody:
+                required: true
+                content:
+                    application/json:
+                        schema:
+                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegisterPermissionPayload'
+    '/SASjsApi/permission/{permissionId}':
+        patch:
+            operationId: UpdatePermission
+            responses:
+                '200':
+                    description: Ok
+                    content:
+                        application/json:
+                            schema:
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionDetailsResponse'
+                            examples:
+                                'Example 1':
+                                    value: {permissionId: 123, path: /SASjsApi/code/execute, type: Route, setting: Grant, user: {id: 1, username: johnSnow01, displayName: 'John Snow', isAdmin: false}}
+            summary: 'Update permission setting. Admin only'
+            tags:
+                - Permission
+            security:
+                -
+                    bearerAuth: []
+            parameters:
+                -
+                    description: 'The permission''s identifier'
+                    in: path
+                    name: permissionId
+                    required: true
+                    schema:
+                        format: double
+                        type: number
+                    example: 1234
+            requestBody:
+                required: true
+                content:
+                    application/json:
+                        schema:
+                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdatePermissionPayload'
+        delete:
+            operationId: DeletePermission
+            responses:
+                '204':
+                    description: 'No content'
+            summary: 'Delete a permission. Admin only.'
+            tags:
+                - Permission
+            security:
+                -
+                    bearerAuth: []
+            parameters:
+                -
+                    description: 'The user''s identifier'
+                    in: path
+                    name: permissionId
+                    required: true
+                    schema:
+                        format: double
+                        type: number
+                    example: 1234
    /SASjsApi/session:
        get:
            operationId: Session
@@ -1447,7 +1745,7 @@ paths:
                    content:
                        application/json:
                            schema:
-                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserResponse'
+                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SessionResponse'
                            examples:
                                'Example 1':
                                    value: {id: 123, username: johnusername, displayName: John, isAdmin: false}
@@ -1460,7 +1758,7 @@ paths:
            parameters: []
    /SASjsApi/stp/execute:
        get:
-            operationId: ExecuteReturnRaw
+            operationId: ExecuteGetRequest
            responses:
                '200':
                    description: Ok
@@ -1470,8 +1768,8 @@ paths:
                                anyOf:
                                    - {type: string}
                                    - {type: string, format: byte}
-            description: "Trigger a SAS or JS program using the _program URL parameter.\n\nAccepts URL parameters and file uploads.  For more details, see docs:\n\nhttps://server.sasjs.io/storedprograms"
-            summary: 'Execute a Stored Program, returns raw _webout content.'
+            description: "Trigger a Stored Program using the _program URL parameter.\n\nAccepts URL parameters and file uploads.  For more details, see docs:\n\nhttps://server.sasjs.io/storedprograms"
+            summary: 'Execute a Stored Program, returns _webout and (optionally) log.'
            tags:
                - STP
            security:
@@ -1479,7 +1777,7 @@ paths:
                    bearerAuth: []
            parameters:
                -
-                    description: 'Location of SAS or JS code'
+                    description: 'Location of code in SASjs Drive'
                    in: query
                    name: _program
                    required: true
@@ -1487,19 +1785,18 @@ paths:
                        type: string
                    example: /Projects/myApp/some/program
        post:
-            operationId: ExecuteReturnJson
+            operationId: ExecutePostRequest
            responses:
                '200':
                    description: Ok
                    content:
                        application/json:
                            schema:
-                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExecuteReturnJsonResponse'
-                            examples:
-                                'Example 1':
-                                    value: {status: success, _webout: 'webout content', log: [], httpHeaders: {Content-type: application/zip, Cache-Control: 'public, max-age=1000'}}
-            description: "Trigger a SAS or JS program using the _program URL parameter.\n\nAccepts URL parameters and file uploads.  For more details, see docs:\n\nhttps://server.sasjs.io/storedprograms\n\nThe response will be a JSON object with the following root attributes:\nlog, webout, headers.\n\nThe webout attribute will be nested JSON ONLY if the response-header\ncontains a content-type of application/json AND it is valid JSON.\nOtherwise it will be a stringified version of the webout content."
-            summary: 'Execute a Stored Program, return a JSON object'
+                                anyOf:
+                                    - {type: string}
+                                    - {type: string, format: byte}
+            description: "Trigger a Stored Program using the _program URL parameter.\n\nAccepts URL parameters and file uploads.  For more details, see docs:\n\nhttps://server.sasjs.io/storedprograms"
+            summary: 'Execute a Stored Program, returns _webout and (optionally) log.'
            tags:
                - STP
            security:
@@ -1507,7 +1804,7 @@ paths:
                    bearerAuth: []
            parameters:
                -
-                    description: 'Location of SAS or JS code'
+                    description: 'Location of code in SASjs Drive'
                    in: query
                    name: _program
                    required: false
@@ -1519,7 +1816,7 @@ paths:
                content:
                    application/json:
                        schema:
-                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExecuteReturnJsonPayload'
+                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExecutePostRequestPayload'
    /:
        get:
            operationId: Home
@@ -1545,7 +1842,7 @@ paths:
                        application/json:
                            schema:
                                properties:
-                                    user: {properties: {isAdmin: {type: boolean}, displayName: {type: string}, username: {type: string}, id: {type: number, format: double}}, required: [isAdmin, displayName, username, id], type: object}
+                                    user: {properties: {needsToUpdatePassword: {type: boolean}, isAdmin: {type: boolean}, displayName: {type: string}, username: {type: string}, id: {type: number, format: double}}, required: [needsToUpdatePassword, isAdmin, displayName, username, id], type: object}
                                    loggedIn: {type: boolean}
                                required:
                                    - user
@@ -1600,143 +1897,43 @@ paths:
                - Web
            security: []
            parameters: []
-    /SASjsApi/permission:
-        get:
-            operationId: GetAllPermissions
-            responses:
-                '200':
-                    description: Ok
-                    content:
-                        application/json:
-                            schema:
-                                items:
-                                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionDetailsResponse'
-                                type: array
-                            examples:
-                                'Example 1':
-                                    value: [{permissionId: 123, uri: /SASjsApi/code/execute, setting: Grant, user: {id: 1, username: johnSnow01, displayName: 'John Snow', isAdmin: false}}, {permissionId: 124, uri: /SASjsApi/code/execute, setting: Grant, group: {groupId: 1, name: DCGroup, description: 'This group represents Data Controller Users', isActive: true, users: []}}]
-            summary: 'Get list of all permissions (uri, setting and userDetail).'
-            tags:
-                - Permission
-            security:
-                -
-                    bearerAuth: []
-            parameters: []
-        post:
-            operationId: CreatePermission
-            responses:
-                '200':
-                    description: Ok
-                    content:
-                        application/json:
-                            schema:
-                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionDetailsResponse'
-                            examples:
-                                'Example 1':
-                                    value: {permissionId: 123, uri: /SASjsApi/code/execute, setting: Grant, user: {id: 1, username: johnSnow01, displayName: 'John Snow', isAdmin: false}}
-            summary: 'Create a new permission. Admin only.'
-            tags:
-                - Permission
-            security:
-                -
-                    bearerAuth: []
-            parameters: []
-            requestBody:
-                required: true
-                content:
-                    application/json:
-                        schema:
-                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RegisterPermissionPayload'
-    '/SASjsApi/permission/{permissionId}':
-        patch:
-            operationId: UpdatePermission
-            responses:
-                '200':
-                    description: Ok
-                    content:
-                        application/json:
-                            schema:
-                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PermissionDetailsResponse'
-                            examples:
-                                'Example 1':
-                                    value: {permissionId: 123, uri: /SASjsApi/code/execute, setting: Grant, user: {id: 1, username: johnSnow01, displayName: 'John Snow', isAdmin: false}}
-            summary: 'Update permission setting. Admin only'
-            tags:
-                - Permission
-            security:
-                -
-                    bearerAuth: []
-            parameters:
-                -
-                    description: 'The permission''s identifier'
-                    in: path
-                    name: permissionId
-                    required: true
-                    schema:
-                        format: double
-                        type: number
-                    example: 1234
-            requestBody:
-                required: true
-                content:
-                    application/json:
-                        schema:
-                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdatePermissionPayload'
-        delete:
-            operationId: DeletePermission
-            responses:
-                '204':
-                    description: 'No content'
-            summary: 'Delete a permission. Admin only.'
-            tags:
-                - Permission
-            security:
-                -
-                    bearerAuth: []
-            parameters:
-                -
-                    description: 'The user''s identifier'
-                    in: path
-                    name: permissionId
-                    required: true
-                    schema:
-                        format: double
-                        type: number
-                    example: 1234
 servers:
    -
        url: /
 tags:
    -
-        name: Info
-        description: 'Get Server Information'
+        name: Auth
+        description: 'Operations about auth'
    -
-        name: Session
-        description: 'Get Session information'
-    -
-        name: User
-        description: 'Operations with users'
-    -
-        name: Permission
-        description: 'Operations about permissions'
+        name: Auth_Config
+        description: 'Operations about external auth providers'
    -
        name: Client
        description: 'Operations about clients'
    -
-        name: Auth
-        description: 'Operations about auth'
+        name: Code
+        description: 'Execution of code (various runtimes are supported)'
    -
        name: Drive
        description: 'Operations on SASjs Drive'
    -
        name: Group
        description: 'Operations on groups and group memberships'
+    -
+        name: Info
+        description: 'Get Server Information'
+    -
+        name: Permission
+        description: 'Operations about permissions'
+    -
+        name: Session
+        description: 'Get Session information'
    -
        name: STP
        description: 'Execution of Stored Programs'
    -
-        name: CODE
-        description: 'Execution of code (various runtimes are supported)'
+        name: User
+        description: 'Operations with users'
    -
        name: Web
        description: 'Operations on Web'
--- a/api/scripts/compileSysInit.ts
+++ b/api/scripts/compileSysInit.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { apiRoot, sysInitCompiledPath } from '../src/utils/file'
 const macroCorePath = path.join(apiRoot, 'node_modules', '@sasjs', 'core')

 const compiledSystemInit = async (systemInit: string) =>
-  'options ps=max;\n' +
+  'options ls=max ps=max;\n' +
  (await loadDependenciesFile({
    fileContent: systemInit,
    type: SASJsFileType.job,
--- a/api/scripts/downloadMacros.ts
+++ b/api/scripts/downloadMacros.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import axios from 'axios'
+import Downloader from 'nodejs-file-downloader'
+import { createFile, listFilesInFolder } from '@sasjs/utils'
+
+import { sasJSCoreMacros, sasJSCoreMacrosInfo } from '../src/utils/file'
+
+export const downloadMacros = async () => {
+  const url =
+    'https://api.github.com/repos/yabwon/SAS_PACKAGES/contents/SPF/Macros'
+
+  console.info(`Downloading macros from ${url}`)
+
+  await axios
+    .get(url)
+    .then(async (res) => {
+      await downloadFiles(res.data)
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      throw new Error(err)
+    })
+}
+
+const downloadFiles = async function (fileList: any) {
+  for (const file of fileList) {
+    const downloader = new Downloader({
+      url: file.download_url,
+      directory: sasJSCoreMacros,
+      fileName: file.path.replace(/^SPF\/Macros/, ''),
+      cloneFiles: false
+    })
+    await downloader.download()
+  }
+
+  const fileNames = await listFilesInFolder(sasJSCoreMacros)
+
+  await createFile(sasJSCoreMacrosInfo, fileNames.join('\n'))
+}
+
+downloadMacros()
--- a/api/src/app-modules/configureCors.ts
+++ b/api/src/app-modules/configureCors.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const configureCors = (app: Express) => {
          whiteList.push(url.replace(/\/$/, ''))
      })

-    console.log('All CORS Requests are enabled for:', whiteList)
+    process.logger.info('All CORS Requests are enabled for:', whiteList)
    app.use(cors({ credentials: true, origin: whiteList }))
  }
 }
--- a/api/src/app-modules/configureExpressSession.ts
+++ b/api/src/app-modules/configureExpressSession.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,38 @@
-import { Express } from 'express'
+import { Express, CookieOptions } from 'express'
 import mongoose from 'mongoose'
 import session from 'express-session'
 import MongoStore from 'connect-mongo'

-import { ModeType } from '../utils'
-import { cookieOptions } from '../app'
+import { DatabaseType, ModeType, ProtocolType } from '../utils'

 export const configureExpressSession = (app: Express) => {
-  const { MODE } = process.env
+  const { MODE, DB_TYPE } = process.env

  if (MODE === ModeType.Server) {
    let store: MongoStore | undefined

    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
-      store = MongoStore.create({
-        client: mongoose.connection!.getClient() as any,
-        collectionName: 'sessions'
-      })
+      if (DB_TYPE === DatabaseType.COSMOS_MONGODB) {
+        // COSMOS DB requires specific connection options (compatibility mode)
+        // See: https://www.npmjs.com/package/connect-mongo#set-the-compatibility-mode
+        store = MongoStore.create({
+          client: mongoose.connection!.getClient() as any,
+          autoRemove: 'interval'
+        })
+      } else {
+        store = MongoStore.create({
+          client: mongoose.connection!.getClient() as any
+        })
+      }
+    }
+
+    const { PROTOCOL, ALLOWED_DOMAIN } = process.env
+    const cookieOptions: CookieOptions = {
+      secure: PROTOCOL === ProtocolType.HTTPS,
+      httpOnly: true,
+      sameSite: PROTOCOL === ProtocolType.HTTPS ? 'none' : undefined,
+      maxAge: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // 24 hours
+      domain: ALLOWED_DOMAIN?.trim() || undefined
    }

    app.use(
--- a/api/src/app-modules/configureLogger.ts
+++ b/api/src/app-modules/configureLogger.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const configureLogger = (app: Express) => {
      path: logsFolder
    })

-    console.log('Writing Logs to :', path.join(logsFolder, filename))
+    process.logger.info('Writing Logs to :', path.join(logsFolder, filename))

    options = { stream: accessLogStream }
  }
--- a/api/src/app.ts
+++ b/api/src/app.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import express, { ErrorRequestHandler } from 'express'
-import csrf from 'csurf'
 import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser'
 import dotenv from 'dotenv'

 import {
  copySASjsCore,
+  createWeboutSasFile,
+  getFilesFolder,
+  getPackagesFolder,
  getWebBuildFolder,
  instantiateLogger,
  loadAppStreamConfig,
-  ProtocolType,
  ReturnCode,
  setProcessVariables,
-  setupFolders,
+  setupFilesFolder,
+  setupPackagesFolder,
+  setupUserAutoExec,
  verifyEnvVariables
 } from './utils'
 import {
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ import {
  configureLogger,
  configureSecurity
 } from './app-modules'
+import { folderExists } from '@sasjs/utils'

 dotenv.config()

@@ -30,24 +34,8 @@ if (verifyEnvVariables()) process.exit(ReturnCode.InvalidEnv)

 const app = express()

-const { PROTOCOL } = process.env
-
-export const cookieOptions = {
-  secure: PROTOCOL === ProtocolType.HTTPS,
-  httpOnly: true,
-  maxAge: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 // 24 hours
-}
-
-/***********************************
- *         CSRF Protection         *
- ***********************************/
-export const csrfProtection = csrf({ cookie: cookieOptions })
-
 const onError: ErrorRequestHandler = (err, req, res, next) => {
-  if (err.code === 'EBADCSRFTOKEN')
-    return res.status(400).send('Invalid CSRF token!')
-
-  console.error(err.stack)
+  process.logger.error(err.stack)
  res.status(500).send('Something broke!')
 }

@@ -76,8 +64,25 @@ export default setProcessVariables().then(async () => {
  app.use(express.json({ limit: '100mb' }))
  app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../public')))

-  await setupFolders()
-  await copySASjsCore()
+  // Body parser is used for decoding the formdata on POST request.
+  // Currently only place we use it is SAS9 Mock - POST /SASLogon/login
+  app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }))
+
+  await setupUserAutoExec()
+
+  if (!(await folderExists(getFilesFolder()))) await setupFilesFolder()
+
+  if (!(await folderExists(getPackagesFolder()))) await setupPackagesFolder()
+
+  const sasautosPath = path.join(process.driveLoc, 'sas', 'sasautos')
+  if (await folderExists(sasautosPath)) {
+    process.logger.warn(
+      `SASAUTOS was not refreshed. To force a refresh, delete the ${sasautosPath} folder`
+    )
+  } else {
+    await copySASjsCore()
+    await createWeboutSasFile()
+  }

  // loading these modules after setting up variables due to
  // multer's usage of process var process.driveLoc
--- a/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,27 @@
-import { Security, Route, Tags, Example, Post, Body, Query, Hidden } from 'tsoa'
+import express from 'express'
+import {
+  Security,
+  Route,
+  Tags,
+  Example,
+  Post,
+  Patch,
+  Request,
+  Body,
+  Query,
+  Hidden
+} from 'tsoa'
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 import { InfoJWT } from '../types'
 import {
  generateAccessToken,
  generateRefreshToken,
+  getTokensFromDB,
  removeTokensInDB,
  saveTokensInDB
 } from '../utils'
+import Client from '../model/Client'
+import User from '../model/User'

@Route('SASjsApi/auth')
@Tags('Auth')
@@ -60,6 +75,18 @@ export class AuthController {
  public async logout(@Query() @Hidden() data?: InfoJWT) {
    return logout(data!)
  }
+
+  /**
+   * @summary Update user's password.
+   */
+  @Security('bearerAuth')
+  @Patch('updatePassword')
+  public async updatePassword(
+    @Request() req: express.Request,
+    @Body() body: UpdatePasswordPayload
+  ) {
+    return updatePassword(req, body)
+  }
 }

 const token = async (data: any): Promise<TokenResponse> => {
@@ -73,8 +100,26 @@ const token = async (data: any): Promise<TokenResponse> => {

  AuthController.deleteCode(userInfo.userId, clientId)

-  const accessToken = generateAccessToken(userInfo)
-  const refreshToken = generateRefreshToken(userInfo)
+  // get tokens from DB
+  const existingTokens = await getTokensFromDB(userInfo.userId, clientId)
+  if (existingTokens) {
+    return {
+      accessToken: existingTokens.accessToken,
+      refreshToken: existingTokens.refreshToken
+    }
+  }
+
+  const client = await Client.findOne({ clientId })
+  if (!client) throw new Error('Invalid clientId.')
+
+  const accessToken = generateAccessToken(
+    userInfo,
+    client.accessTokenExpiration
+  )
+  const refreshToken = generateRefreshToken(
+    userInfo,
+    client.refreshTokenExpiration
+  )

  await saveTokensInDB(userInfo.userId, clientId, accessToken, refreshToken)

@@ -82,8 +127,17 @@ const token = async (data: any): Promise<TokenResponse> => {
 }

 const refresh = async (userInfo: InfoJWT): Promise<TokenResponse> => {
-  const accessToken = generateAccessToken(userInfo)
-  const refreshToken = generateRefreshToken(userInfo)
+  const client = await Client.findOne({ clientId: userInfo.clientId })
+  if (!client) throw new Error('Invalid clientId.')
+
+  const accessToken = generateAccessToken(
+    userInfo,
+    client.accessTokenExpiration
+  )
+  const refreshToken = generateRefreshToken(
+    userInfo,
+    client.refreshTokenExpiration
+  )

  await saveTokensInDB(
    userInfo.userId,
@@ -99,6 +153,40 @@ const logout = async (userInfo: InfoJWT) => {
  await removeTokensInDB(userInfo.userId, userInfo.clientId)
 }

+const updatePassword = async (
+  req: express.Request,
+  data: UpdatePasswordPayload
+) => {
+  const { currentPassword, newPassword } = data
+  const userId = req.user?.userId
+  const dbUser = await User.findOne({ id: userId })
+
+  if (!dbUser)
+    throw {
+      code: 404,
+      message: `User not found!`
+    }
+
+  if (dbUser?.authProvider) {
+    throw {
+      code: 405,
+      message:
+        'Can not update password of user that is created by an external auth provider.'
+    }
+  }
+
+  const validPass = dbUser.comparePassword(currentPassword)
+  if (!validPass)
+    throw {
+      code: 403,
+      message: `Invalid current password!`
+    }
+
+  dbUser.password = User.hashPassword(newPassword)
+  dbUser.needsToUpdatePassword = false
+  await dbUser.save()
+}
+
 interface TokenPayload {
  /**
   * Client ID
@@ -125,6 +213,19 @@ interface TokenResponse {
  refreshToken: string
 }

+interface UpdatePasswordPayload {
+  /**
+   * Current Password
+   * @example "currentPasswordString"
+   */
+  currentPassword: string
+  /**
+   * New Password
+   * @example "newPassword"
+   */
+  newPassword: string
+}
+
 const verifyAuthCode = async (
  clientId: string,
  code: string
--- a/api/src/controllers/authConfig.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/authConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+import express from 'express'
+import { Security, Route, Tags, Get, Post, Example } from 'tsoa'
+
+import { LDAPClient, LDAPUser, LDAPGroup, AuthProviderType } from '../utils'
+import { randomBytes } from 'crypto'
+import User from '../model/User'
+import Group from '../model/Group'
+import Permission from '../model/Permission'
+
+@Security('bearerAuth')
+@Route('SASjsApi/authConfig')
+@Tags('Auth_Config')
+export class AuthConfigController {
+  /**
+   * @summary Gives the detail of Auth Mechanism.
+   *
+   */
+  @Example({
+    ldap: {
+      LDAP_URL: 'ldaps://my.ldap.server:636',
+      LDAP_BIND_DN: 'cn=admin,ou=system,dc=cloudron',
+      LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: 'secret',
+      LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN: 'ou=users,dc=cloudron',
+      LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN: 'ou=groups,dc=cloudron'
+    }
+  })
+  @Get('/')
+  public getDetail() {
+    return getAuthConfigDetail()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @summary Synchronises LDAP users and groups with internal DB and returns the count of imported users and groups.
+   *
+   */
+  @Example({
+    users: 5,
+    groups: 3
+  })
+  @Post('/synchroniseWithLDAP')
+  public async synchroniseWithLDAP() {
+    return synchroniseWithLDAP()
+  }
+}
+
+const synchroniseWithLDAP = async () => {
+  process.logger.info('Syncing LDAP with internal DB')
+
+  const permissions = await Permission.get({})
+  await Permission.deleteMany()
+  await User.deleteMany({ authProvider: AuthProviderType.LDAP })
+  await Group.deleteMany({ authProvider: AuthProviderType.LDAP })
+
+  const ldapClient = await LDAPClient.init()
+
+  process.logger.info('fetching LDAP users')
+  const users = await ldapClient.getAllLDAPUsers()
+
+  process.logger.info('inserting LDAP users to DB')
+
+  const existingUsers: string[] = []
+  const importedUsers: LDAPUser[] = []
+
+  for (const user of users) {
+    const usernameExists = await User.findOne({ username: user.username })
+    if (usernameExists) {
+      existingUsers.push(user.username)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    const hashPassword = User.hashPassword(randomBytes(64).toString('hex'))
+
+    await User.create({
+      displayName: user.displayName,
+      username: user.username,
+      password: hashPassword,
+      authProvider: AuthProviderType.LDAP,
+      needsToUpdatePassword: false
+    })
+
+    importedUsers.push(user)
+  }
+
+  if (existingUsers.length > 0) {
+    process.logger.info(
+      'Failed to insert following users as they already exist in DB:'
+    )
+    existingUsers.forEach((user) => process.logger.log(`* ${user}`))
+  }
+
+  process.logger.info('fetching LDAP groups')
+  const groups = await ldapClient.getAllLDAPGroups()
+
+  process.logger.info('inserting LDAP groups to DB')
+
+  const existingGroups: string[] = []
+  const importedGroups: LDAPGroup[] = []
+
+  for (const group of groups) {
+    const groupExists = await Group.findOne({ name: group.name })
+    if (groupExists) {
+      existingGroups.push(group.name)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    await Group.create({
+      name: group.name,
+      authProvider: AuthProviderType.LDAP
+    })
+
+    importedGroups.push(group)
+  }
+
+  if (existingGroups.length > 0) {
+    process.logger.info(
+      'Failed to insert following groups as they already exist in DB:'
+    )
+    existingGroups.forEach((group) => process.logger.log(`* ${group}`))
+  }
+
+  process.logger.info('associating users and groups')
+
+  for (const group of importedGroups) {
+    const dbGroup = await Group.findOne({ name: group.name })
+    if (dbGroup) {
+      for (const member of group.members) {
+        const user = importedUsers.find((user) => user.uid === member)
+        if (user) {
+          const dbUser = await User.findOne({ username: user.username })
+          if (dbUser) await dbGroup.addUser(dbUser)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  process.logger.info('setting permissions')
+
+  for (const permission of permissions) {
+    const newPermission = new Permission({
+      path: permission.path,
+      type: permission.type,
+      setting: permission.setting
+    })
+
+    if (permission.user) {
+      const dbUser = await User.findOne({ username: permission.user.username })
+      if (dbUser) newPermission.user = dbUser._id
+    } else if (permission.group) {
+      const dbGroup = await Group.findOne({ name: permission.group.name })
+      if (dbGroup) newPermission.group = dbGroup._id
+    }
+    await newPermission.save()
+  }
+
+  process.logger.info('LDAP synchronization completed!')
+
+  return {
+    userCount: importedUsers.length,
+    groupCount: importedGroups.length
+  }
+}
+
+const getAuthConfigDetail = () => {
+  const { AUTH_PROVIDERS } = process.env
+
+  const returnObj: any = {}
+
+  if (AUTH_PROVIDERS === AuthProviderType.LDAP) {
+    const {
+      LDAP_URL,
+      LDAP_BIND_DN,
+      LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD,
+      LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN,
+      LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN
+    } = process.env
+
+    returnObj.ldap = {
+      LDAP_URL: LDAP_URL ?? '',
+      LDAP_BIND_DN: LDAP_BIND_DN ?? '',
+      LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD ?? '',
+      LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN: LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN ?? '',
+      LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN: LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN ?? ''
+    }
+  }
+  return returnObj
+}
--- a/api/src/controllers/client.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/client.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 import { Security, Route, Tags, Example, Post, Body } from 'tsoa'

-import Client, { ClientPayload } from '../model/Client'
+import Client, {
+  ClientPayload,
+  NUMBER_OF_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY
+} from '../model/Client'

@Security('bearerAuth')
@Route('SASjsApi/client')
@Tags('Client')
 export class ClientController {
  /**
-   * @summary Create client with the following attributes: ClientId, ClientSecret. Admin only task.
+   * @summary Admin only task. Create client with the following attributes:
+   * ClientId,
+   * ClientSecret,
+   * accessTokenExpiration (optional),
+   * refreshTokenExpiration (optional)
   *
   */
  @Example<ClientPayload>({
    clientId: 'someFormattedClientID1234',
-    clientSecret: 'someRandomCryptoString'
+    clientSecret: 'someRandomCryptoString',
+    accessTokenExpiration: NUMBER_OF_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY,
+    refreshTokenExpiration: NUMBER_OF_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY * 30
  })
  @Post('/')
  public async createClient(
@@ -22,8 +31,13 @@ export class ClientController {
  }
 }

-const createClient = async (data: any): Promise<ClientPayload> => {
-  const { clientId, clientSecret } = data
+const createClient = async (data: ClientPayload): Promise<ClientPayload> => {
+  const {
+    clientId,
+    clientSecret,
+    accessTokenExpiration,
+    refreshTokenExpiration
+  } = data

  // Checking if client is already in the database
  const clientExist = await Client.findOne({ clientId })
@@ -32,13 +46,17 @@ const createClient = async (data: any): Promise<ClientPayload> => {
  // Create a new client
  const client = new Client({
    clientId,
-    clientSecret
+    clientSecret,
+    accessTokenExpiration,
+    refreshTokenExpiration
  })

  const savedClient = await client.save()

  return {
    clientId: savedClient.clientId,
-    clientSecret: savedClient.clientSecret
+    clientSecret: savedClient.clientSecret,
+    accessTokenExpiration: savedClient.accessTokenExpiration,
+    refreshTokenExpiration: savedClient.refreshTokenExpiration
  }
 }
--- a/api/src/controllers/code.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/code.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import express from 'express'
 import { Request, Security, Route, Tags, Post, Body } from 'tsoa'
-import { ExecuteReturnJson, ExecutionController } from './internal'
-import { ExecuteReturnJsonResponse } from '.'
+import { ExecutionController } from './internal'
 import {
  getPreProgramVariables,
  getUserAutoExec,
@@ -25,17 +24,17 @@ interface ExecuteCodePayload {

@Security('bearerAuth')
@Route('SASjsApi/code')
-@Tags('CODE')
+@Tags('Code')
 export class CodeController {
  /**
-   * Execute SAS code.
-   * @summary Run SAS Code and returns log
+   * Execute Code on the Specified Runtime
+   * @summary Run Code and Return Webout Content and Log
   */
  @Post('/execute')
  public async executeCode(
    @Request() request: express.Request,
    @Body() body: ExecuteCodePayload
-  ): Promise<ExecuteReturnJsonResponse> {
+  ): Promise<string | Buffer> {
    return executeCode(request, body)
  }
 }
@@ -51,22 +50,15 @@ const executeCode = async (
      : await getUserAutoExec()

  try {
-    const { webout, log, httpHeaders } =
-      (await new ExecutionController().executeProgram({
-        program: code,
-        preProgramVariables: getPreProgramVariables(req),
-        vars: { ...req.query, _debug: 131 },
-        otherArgs: { userAutoExec },
-        returnJson: true,
-        runTime: runTime
-      })) as ExecuteReturnJson
+    const { result } = await new ExecutionController().executeProgram({
+      program: code,
+      preProgramVariables: getPreProgramVariables(req),
+      vars: { ...req.query, _debug: 131 },
+      otherArgs: { userAutoExec },
+      runTime: runTime
+    })

-    return {
-      status: 'success',
-      _webout: webout as string,
-      log: parseLogToArray(log),
-      httpHeaders
-    }
+    return result
  } catch (err: any) {
    throw {
      code: 400,
--- a/api/src/controllers/drive.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/drive.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
  moveFile,
  createFolder,
  deleteFile as deleteFileOnSystem,
+  deleteFolder as deleteFolderOnSystem,
  folderExists,
  listFilesInFolder,
  listSubFoldersInFolder,
@@ -58,11 +59,32 @@ interface GetFileTreeResponse {
  tree: TreeNode
 }

-interface UpdateFileResponse {
+interface FileFolderResponse {
  status: string
  message?: string
 }

+interface AddFolderPayload {
+  /**
+   * Location of folder
+   * @example "/Public/someFolder"
+   */
+  folderPath: string
+}
+
+interface RenamePayload {
+  /**
+   * Old path of file/folder
+   * @example "/Public/someFolder"
+   */
+  oldPath: string
+  /**
+   * New path of file/folder
+   * @example "/Public/newFolder"
+   */
+  newPath: string
+}
+
 const fileTreeExample = getTreeExample()

 const successDeployResponse: DeployResponse = {
@@ -143,7 +165,7 @@ export class DriveController {
  /**
   *
   * @summary Delete file from SASjs Drive
-   * @query _filePath Location of SAS program
+   * @query _filePath Location of file
   * @example _filePath "/Public/somefolder/some.file"
   */
  @Delete('/file')
@@ -151,20 +173,31 @@ export class DriveController {
    return deleteFile(_filePath)
  }

+  /**
+   *
+   * @summary Delete folder from SASjs Drive
+   * @query _folderPath Location of folder
+   * @example _folderPath "/Public/somefolder/"
+   */
+  @Delete('/folder')
+  public async deleteFolder(@Query() _folderPath: string) {
+    return deleteFolder(_folderPath)
+  }
+
  /**
   * It's optional to either provide `_filePath` in url as query parameter
   * Or provide `filePath` in body as form field.
   * But it's required to provide else API will respond with Bad Request.
   *
   * @summary Create a file in SASjs Drive
-   * @param _filePath Location of SAS program
+   * @param _filePath Location of file
   * @example _filePath "/Public/somefolder/some.file.sas"
   *
   */
-  @Example<UpdateFileResponse>({
+  @Example<FileFolderResponse>({
    status: 'success'
  })
-  @Response<UpdateFileResponse>(403, 'File already exists', {
+  @Response<FileFolderResponse>(403, 'File already exists', {
    status: 'failure',
    message: 'File request failed.'
  })
@@ -173,10 +206,28 @@ export class DriveController {
    @UploadedFile() file: Express.Multer.File,
    @Query() _filePath?: string,
    @FormField() filePath?: string
-  ): Promise<UpdateFileResponse> {
+  ): Promise<FileFolderResponse> {
    return saveFile((_filePath ?? filePath)!, file)
  }

+  /**
+   * @summary Create an empty folder in SASjs Drive
+   *
+   */
+  @Example<FileFolderResponse>({
+    status: 'success'
+  })
+  @Response<FileFolderResponse>(409, 'Folder already exists', {
+    status: 'failure',
+    message: 'Add folder request failed.'
+  })
+  @Post('/folder')
+  public async addFolder(
+    @Body() body: AddFolderPayload
+  ): Promise<FileFolderResponse> {
+    return addFolder(body.folderPath)
+  }
+
  /**
   * It's optional to either provide `_filePath` in url as query parameter
   * Or provide `filePath` in body as form field.
@@ -187,10 +238,10 @@ export class DriveController {
   * @example _filePath "/Public/somefolder/some.file.sas"
   *
   */
-  @Example<UpdateFileResponse>({
+  @Example<FileFolderResponse>({
    status: 'success'
  })
-  @Response<UpdateFileResponse>(403, `File doesn't exist`, {
+  @Response<FileFolderResponse>(403, `File doesn't exist`, {
    status: 'failure',
    message: 'File request failed.'
  })
@@ -199,10 +250,28 @@ export class DriveController {
    @UploadedFile() file: Express.Multer.File,
    @Query() _filePath?: string,
    @FormField() filePath?: string
-  ): Promise<UpdateFileResponse> {
+  ): Promise<FileFolderResponse> {
    return updateFile((_filePath ?? filePath)!, file)
  }

+  /**
+   * @summary Renames a file/folder in SASjs Drive
+   *
+   */
+  @Example<FileFolderResponse>({
+    status: 'success'
+  })
+  @Response<FileFolderResponse>(409, 'Folder already exists', {
+    status: 'failure',
+    message: 'rename request failed.'
+  })
+  @Post('/rename')
+  public async rename(
+    @Body() body: RenamePayload
+  ): Promise<FileFolderResponse> {
+    return rename(body.oldPath, body.newPath)
+  }
+
  /**
   * @summary Fetch file tree within SASjs Drive.
   *
@@ -249,20 +318,26 @@ const getFile = async (req: express.Request, filePath: string) => {
    .join(getFilesFolder(), filePath)
    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)

-  if (!filePathFull.includes(driveFilesPath)) {
-    throw new Error('Cannot get file outside drive.')
-  }
+  if (!filePathFull.includes(driveFilesPath))
+    throw {
+      code: 400,
+      status: 'Bad Request',
+      message: `Can't get file outside drive.`
+    }

-  if (!(await fileExists(filePathFull))) {
-    throw new Error("File doesn't exist.")
-  }
+  if (!(await fileExists(filePathFull)))
+    throw {
+      code: 404,
+      status: 'Not Found',
+      message: `File doesn't exist.`
+    }

  const extension = path.extname(filePathFull).toLowerCase()
  if (extension === '.sas') {
    req.res?.setHeader('Content-type', 'text/plain')
  }

-  req.res?.sendFile(path.resolve(filePathFull))
+  req.res?.sendFile(path.resolve(filePathFull), { dotfiles: 'allow' })
 }

 const getFolder = async (folderPath?: string) => {
@@ -273,17 +348,26 @@ const getFolder = async (folderPath?: string) => {
      .join(getFilesFolder(), folderPath)
      .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)

-    if (!folderPathFull.includes(driveFilesPath)) {
-      throw new Error('Cannot get folder outside drive.')
-    }
+    if (!folderPathFull.includes(driveFilesPath))
+      throw {
+        code: 400,
+        status: 'Bad Request',
+        message: `Can't get folder outside drive.`
+      }

-    if (!(await folderExists(folderPathFull))) {
-      throw new Error("Folder doesn't exist.")
-    }
+    if (!(await folderExists(folderPathFull)))
+      throw {
+        code: 404,
+        status: 'Not Found',
+        message: `Folder doesn't exist.`
+      }

-    if (!(await isFolder(folderPathFull))) {
-      throw new Error('Not a Folder.')
-    }
+    if (!(await isFolder(folderPathFull)))
+      throw {
+        code: 400,
+        status: 'Bad Request',
+        message: 'Not a Folder.'
+      }

    const files: string[] = await listFilesInFolder(folderPathFull)
    const folders: string[] = await listSubFoldersInFolder(folderPathFull)
@@ -302,19 +386,51 @@ const deleteFile = async (filePath: string) => {
    .join(getFilesFolder(), filePath)
    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)

-  if (!filePathFull.includes(driveFilesPath)) {
-    throw new Error('Cannot delete file outside drive.')
-  }
+  if (!filePathFull.includes(driveFilesPath))
+    throw {
+      code: 400,
+      status: 'Bad Request',
+      message: `Can't delete file outside drive.`
+    }

-  if (!(await fileExists(filePathFull))) {
-    throw new Error('File does not exist.')
-  }
+  if (!(await fileExists(filePathFull)))
+    throw {
+      code: 404,
+      status: 'Not Found',
+      message: `File doesn't exist.`
+    }

  await deleteFileOnSystem(filePathFull)

  return { status: 'success' }
 }

+const deleteFolder = async (folderPath: string) => {
+  const driveFolderPath = getFilesFolder()
+
+  const folderPathFull = path
+    .join(getFilesFolder(), folderPath)
+    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)
+
+  if (!folderPathFull.includes(driveFolderPath))
+    throw {
+      code: 400,
+      status: 'Bad Request',
+      message: `Can't delete folder outside drive.`
+    }
+
+  if (!(await folderExists(folderPathFull)))
+    throw {
+      code: 404,
+      status: 'Not Found',
+      message: `Folder doesn't exist.`
+    }
+
+  await deleteFolderOnSystem(folderPathFull)
+
+  return { status: 'success' }
+}
+
 const saveFile = async (
  filePath: string,
  multerFile: Express.Multer.File
@@ -325,13 +441,19 @@ const saveFile = async (
    .join(driveFilesPath, filePath)
    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)

-  if (!filePathFull.includes(driveFilesPath)) {
-    throw new Error('Cannot put file outside drive.')
-  }
+  if (!filePathFull.includes(driveFilesPath))
+    throw {
+      code: 400,
+      status: 'Bad Request',
+      message: `Can't put file outside drive.`
+    }

-  if (await fileExists(filePathFull)) {
-    throw new Error('File already exists.')
-  }
+  if (await fileExists(filePathFull))
+    throw {
+      code: 409,
+      status: 'Conflict',
+      message: 'File already exists.'
+    }

  const folderPath = path.dirname(filePathFull)
  await createFolder(folderPath)
@@ -340,6 +462,88 @@ const saveFile = async (
  return { status: 'success' }
 }

+const addFolder = async (folderPath: string): Promise<FileFolderResponse> => {
+  const drivePath = getFilesFolder()
+
+  const folderPathFull = path
+    .join(drivePath, folderPath)
+    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)
+
+  if (!folderPathFull.includes(drivePath))
+    throw {
+      code: 400,
+      status: 'Bad Request',
+      message: `Can't put folder outside drive.`
+    }
+
+  if (await folderExists(folderPathFull))
+    throw {
+      code: 409,
+      status: 'Conflict',
+      message: 'Folder already exists.'
+    }
+
+  await createFolder(folderPathFull)
+
+  return { status: 'success' }
+}
+
+const rename = async (
+  oldPath: string,
+  newPath: string
+): Promise<FileFolderResponse> => {
+  const drivePath = getFilesFolder()
+
+  const oldPathFull = path
+    .join(drivePath, oldPath)
+    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)
+
+  const newPathFull = path
+    .join(drivePath, newPath)
+    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)
+
+  if (!oldPathFull.includes(drivePath))
+    throw {
+      code: 400,
+      status: 'Bad Request',
+      message: `Old path can't be outside of drive.`
+    }
+
+  if (!newPathFull.includes(drivePath))
+    throw {
+      code: 400,
+      status: 'Bad Request',
+      message: `New path can't be outside of drive.`
+    }
+
+  if (await isFolder(oldPathFull)) {
+    if (await folderExists(newPathFull))
+      throw {
+        code: 409,
+        status: 'Conflict',
+        message: 'Folder with new name already exists.'
+      }
+    else moveFile(oldPathFull, newPathFull)
+
+    return { status: 'success' }
+  } else if (await fileExists(oldPathFull)) {
+    if (await fileExists(newPathFull))
+      throw {
+        code: 409,
+        status: 'Conflict',
+        message: 'File with new name already exists.'
+      }
+    else moveFile(oldPathFull, newPathFull)
+    return { status: 'success' }
+  }
+
+  throw {
+    code: 404,
+    status: 'Not Found',
+    message: 'No file/folder found for provided path.'
+  }
+}
+
 const updateFile = async (
  filePath: string,
  multerFile: Express.Multer.File
@@ -350,13 +554,19 @@ const updateFile = async (
    .join(driveFilesPath, filePath)
    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)

-  if (!filePathFull.includes(driveFilesPath)) {
-    throw new Error('Cannot modify file outside drive.')
-  }
+  if (!filePathFull.includes(driveFilesPath))
+    throw {
+      code: 400,
+      status: 'Bad Request',
+      message: `Can't modify file outside drive.`
+    }

-  if (!(await fileExists(filePathFull))) {
-    throw new Error(`File doesn't exist.`)
-  }
+  if (!(await fileExists(filePathFull)))
+    throw {
+      code: 404,
+      status: 'Not Found',
+      message: `File doesn't exist.`
+    }

  await moveFile(multerFile.path, filePathFull)

--- a/api/src/controllers/group.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/group.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import {
  Body
 } from 'tsoa'

-import Group, { GroupPayload } from '../model/Group'
+import Group, { GroupPayload, PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME } from '../model/Group'
 import User from '../model/User'
+import { AuthProviderType } from '../utils'
 import { UserResponse } from './user'

 export interface GroupResponse {
@@ -147,12 +148,14 @@ export class GroupController {
  @Delete('{groupId}')
  public async deleteGroup(@Path() groupId: number) {
    const group = await Group.findOne({ groupId })
-    if (group) return await group.remove()
-    throw {
-      code: 404,
-      status: 'Not Found',
-      message: 'Group not found.'
-    }
+    if (!group)
+      throw {
+        code: 404,
+        status: 'Not Found',
+        message: 'Group not found.'
+      }
+
+    return await group.remove()
  }
 }

@@ -241,6 +244,20 @@ const updateUsersListInGroup = async (
      message: 'Group not found.'
    }

+  if (group.name === PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME)
+    throw {
+      code: 400,
+      status: 'Bad Request',
+      message: `Can't add/remove user to '${PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME}' group.`
+    }
+
+  if (group.authProvider)
+    throw {
+      code: 405,
+      status: 'Method Not Allowed',
+      message: `Can't add/remove user to group created by external auth provider.`
+    }
+
  const user = await User.findOne({ id: userId })
  if (!user)
    throw {
@@ -249,6 +266,13 @@ const updateUsersListInGroup = async (
      message: 'User not found.'
    }

+  if (user.authProvider)
+    throw {
+      code: 405,
+      status: 'Method Not Allowed',
+      message: `Can't add/remove user to group created by external auth provider.`
+    }
+
  const updatedGroup =
    action === 'addUser'
      ? await group.addUser(user)
--- a/api/src/controllers/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from './auth'
+export * from './authConfig'
 export * from './client'
 export * from './code'
 export * from './drive'
--- a/api/src/controllers/info.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/info.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Route, Tags, Example, Get } from 'tsoa'
 import { getAuthorizedRoutes } from '../utils'
 export interface AuthorizedRoutesResponse {
-  URIs: string[]
+  paths: string[]
 }

 export interface InfoResponse {
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ export class InfoController {
  }

  /**
-   * @summary Get authorized routes.
+   * @summary Get the list of available routes to which permissions can be applied.  Used to populate the dialog in the URI Permissions feature.
   *
   */
  @Example<AuthorizedRoutesResponse>({
-    URIs: ['/AppStream', '/SASjsApi/stp/execute']
+    paths: ['/AppStream', '/SASjsApi/stp/execute']
  })
  @Get('/authorizedRoutes')
  public authorizedRoutes(): AuthorizedRoutesResponse {
    const response = {
-      URIs: getAuthorizedRoutes()
+      paths: getAuthorizedRoutes()
    }
    return response
  }
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/Execution.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/Execution.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ export interface ExecuteReturnRaw {
  result: string | Buffer
 }

-export interface ExecuteReturnJson {
-  httpHeaders: HTTPHeaders
-  webout: string | Buffer
-  log?: string
-}
-
 interface ExecuteFileParams {
  programPath: string
  preProgramVariables: PreProgramVars
@@ -34,6 +28,7 @@ interface ExecuteFileParams {
  returnJson?: boolean
  session?: Session
  runTime: RunTimeType
+  forceStringResult?: boolean
 }

 interface ExecuteProgramParams extends Omit<ExecuteFileParams, 'programPath'> {
@@ -48,7 +43,8 @@ export class ExecutionController {
    otherArgs,
    returnJson,
    session,
-    runTime
+    runTime,
+    forceStringResult
  }: ExecuteFileParams) {
    const program = await readFile(programPath)

@@ -59,7 +55,8 @@ export class ExecutionController {
      otherArgs,
      returnJson,
      session,
-      runTime
+      runTime,
+      forceStringResult
    })
  }

@@ -68,10 +65,10 @@ export class ExecutionController {
    preProgramVariables,
    vars,
    otherArgs,
-    returnJson,
    session: sessionByFileUpload,
-    runTime
-  }: ExecuteProgramParams): Promise<ExecuteReturnRaw | ExecuteReturnJson> {
+    runTime,
+    forceStringResult
+  }: ExecuteProgramParams): Promise<ExecuteReturnRaw> {
    const sessionController = getSessionController(runTime)

    const session =
@@ -81,6 +78,7 @@ export class ExecutionController {

    const logPath = path.join(session.path, 'log.log')
    const headersPath = path.join(session.path, 'stpsrv_header.txt')
+
    const weboutPath = path.join(session.path, 'webout.txt')
    const tokenFile = path.join(session.path, 'reqHeaders.txt')

@@ -96,6 +94,7 @@ export class ExecutionController {
      vars,
      session,
      weboutPath,
+      headersPath,
      tokenFile,
      runTime,
      logPath,
@@ -107,13 +106,15 @@ export class ExecutionController {
      ? await readFile(headersPath)
      : ''
    const httpHeaders: HTTPHeaders = extractHeaders(headersContent)
-    const fileResponse: boolean =
-      httpHeaders.hasOwnProperty('content-type') &&
-      !returnJson && // not a POST Request
-      !isDebugOn(vars) // Debug is not enabled
+
+    if (isDebugOn(vars)) {
+      httpHeaders['content-type'] = 'text/plain'
+    }
+
+    const fileResponse: boolean = httpHeaders.hasOwnProperty('content-type')

    const webout = (await fileExists(weboutPath))
-      ? fileResponse
+      ? fileResponse && !forceStringResult
        ? await readFileBinary(weboutPath)
        : await readFile(weboutPath)
      : ''
@@ -121,19 +122,11 @@ export class ExecutionController {
    // it should be deleted by scheduleSessionDestroy
    session.inUse = false

-    if (returnJson) {
-      return {
-        httpHeaders,
-        webout,
-        log: isDebugOn(vars) || session.crashed ? log : undefined
-      }
-    }
-
    return {
      httpHeaders,
      result:
        isDebugOn(vars) || session.crashed
-          ? `<html><body>${webout}<div style="text-align:left"><hr /><h2>SAS Log</h2><pre>${log}</pre></div></body></html>`
+          ? `${webout}\n${process.logsUUID}\n${log}`
          : webout
    }
  }
@@ -143,6 +136,7 @@ export class ExecutionController {
      name: 'files',
      relativePath: '',
      absolutePath: getFilesFolder(),
+      isFolder: true,
      children: []
    }

@@ -152,15 +146,22 @@ export class ExecutionController {
      const currentNode = stack.pop()

      if (currentNode) {
+        currentNode.isFolder = fs
+          .statSync(currentNode.absolutePath)
+          .isDirectory()
+
        const children = fs.readdirSync(currentNode.absolutePath)

        for (let child of children) {
-          const absoluteChildPath = `${currentNode.absolutePath}/${child}`
+          const absoluteChildPath = path.join(currentNode.absolutePath, child)
+          // relative path will only be used in frontend component
+          // so, no need to convert '/' to platform specific separator
          const relativeChildPath = `${currentNode.relativePath}/${child}`
          const childNode: TreeNode = {
            name: child,
            relativePath: relativeChildPath,
            absolutePath: absoluteChildPath,
+            isFolder: false,
            children: []
          }
          currentNode.children.push(childNode)
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Session } from '../../types'
 import { promisify } from 'util'
 import { execFile } from 'child_process'
 import {
+  getPackagesFolder,
  getSessionsFolder,
  generateUniqueFileName,
  sysInitCompiledPath,
@@ -19,13 +20,41 @@ import {

 const execFilePromise = promisify(execFile)

-abstract class SessionController {
+export class SessionController {
  protected sessions: Session[] = []

  protected getReadySessions = (): Session[] =>
    this.sessions.filter((sess: Session) => sess.ready && !sess.consumed)

-  protected abstract createSession(): Promise<Session>
+  protected async createSession(): Promise<Session> {
+    const sessionId = generateUniqueFileName(generateTimestamp())
+    const sessionFolder = path.join(getSessionsFolder(), sessionId)
+
+    const creationTimeStamp = sessionId.split('-').pop() as string
+    // death time of session is 15 mins from creation
+    const deathTimeStamp = (
+      parseInt(creationTimeStamp) +
+      15 * 60 * 1000 -
+      1000
+    ).toString()
+
+    const session: Session = {
+      id: sessionId,
+      ready: true,
+      inUse: true,
+      consumed: false,
+      completed: false,
+      creationTimeStamp,
+      deathTimeStamp,
+      path: sessionFolder
+    }
+
+    const headersPath = path.join(session.path, 'stpsrv_header.txt')
+    await createFile(headersPath, 'content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8')
+
+    this.sessions.push(session)
+    return session
+  }

  public async getSession() {
    const readySessions = this.getReadySessions()
@@ -64,6 +93,9 @@ export class SASSessionController extends SessionController {
      path: sessionFolder
    }

+    const headersPath = path.join(session.path, 'stpsrv_header.txt')
+    await createFile(headersPath, 'content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8\n')
+
    // we do not want to leave sessions running forever
    // we clean them up after a predefined period, if unused
    this.scheduleSessionDestroy(session)
@@ -73,7 +105,8 @@ export class SASSessionController extends SessionController {

    // the autoexec file is executed on SAS startup
    const autoExecPath = path.join(sessionFolder, 'autoexec.sas')
-    const contentForAutoExec = `/* compiled systemInit */
+    const contentForAutoExec = `filename packages "${getPackagesFolder()}";
+/* compiled systemInit */
 ${compiledSystemInitContent}
 /* autoexec */
 ${autoExecContent}`
@@ -101,18 +134,24 @@ ${autoExecContent}`
      session.path,
      '-AUTOEXEC',
      autoExecPath,
-      isWindows() ? '-nosplash' : '',
-      isWindows() ? '-icon' : '',
-      isWindows() ? '-nologo' : ''
+      isWindows() ? '-nologo' : '',
+      process.sasLoc!.endsWith('sas.exe') ? '-nosplash' : '',
+      process.sasLoc!.endsWith('sas.exe') ? '-icon' : '',
+      process.sasLoc!.endsWith('sas.exe') ? '-nodms' : '',
+      process.sasLoc!.endsWith('sas.exe') ? '-noterminal' : '',
+      process.sasLoc!.endsWith('sas.exe') ? '-nostatuswin' : '',
+      process.sasLoc!.endsWith('sas.exe') ? '-NOPRNGETLIST' : '',
+      process.sasLoc!.endsWith('sas.exe') ? '-SASINITIALFOLDER' : '',
+      process.sasLoc!.endsWith('sas.exe') ? session.path : ''
    ])
      .then(() => {
        session.completed = true
-        console.log('session completed', session)
+        process.logger.info('session completed', session)
      })
      .catch((err) => {
        session.completed = true
        session.crashed = err.toString()
-        console.log('session crashed', session.id, session.crashed)
+        process.logger.error('session crashed', session.id, session.crashed)
      })

    // we have a triggered session - add to array
@@ -132,12 +171,15 @@ ${autoExecContent}`
    while ((await fileExists(codeFilePath)) && !session.crashed) {}

    if (session.crashed)
-      console.log('session crashed! while waiting to be ready', session.crashed)
+      process.logger.error(
+        'session crashed! while waiting to be ready',
+        session.crashed
+      )

    session.ready = true
  }

-  public async deleteSession(session: Session) {
+  private async deleteSession(session: Session) {
    // remove the temporary files, to avoid buildup
    await deleteFolder(session.path)

@@ -162,66 +204,20 @@ ${autoExecContent}`
  }
 }

-export class JSSessionController extends SessionController {
-  protected async createSession(): Promise<Session> {
-    const sessionId = generateUniqueFileName(generateTimestamp())
-    const sessionFolder = path.join(getSessionsFolder(), sessionId)
-
-    const creationTimeStamp = sessionId.split('-').pop() as string
-    // death time of session is 15 mins from creation
-    const deathTimeStamp = (
-      parseInt(creationTimeStamp) +
-      15 * 60 * 1000 -
-      1000
-    ).toString()
-
-    const session: Session = {
-      id: sessionId,
-      ready: true,
-      inUse: true,
-      consumed: false,
-      completed: false,
-      creationTimeStamp,
-      deathTimeStamp,
-      path: sessionFolder
-    }
-
-    const headersPath = path.join(session.path, 'stpsrv_header.txt')
-    await createFile(headersPath, 'Content-type: application/json')
-
-    this.sessions.push(session)
-    return session
-  }
-}
-
 export const getSessionController = (
  runTime: RunTimeType
-): SASSessionController | JSSessionController => {
+): SessionController => {
  if (runTime === RunTimeType.SAS) {
-    return getSASSessionController()
+    process.sasSessionController =
+      process.sasSessionController || new SASSessionController()
+
+    return process.sasSessionController
  }

-  if (runTime === RunTimeType.JS) {
-    return getJSSessionController()
-  }
+  process.sessionController =
+    process.sessionController || new SessionController()

-  throw new Error('No Runtime is configured')
-}
-
-const getSASSessionController = (): SASSessionController => {
-  if (process.sasSessionController) return process.sasSessionController
-
-  process.sasSessionController = new SASSessionController()
-
-  return process.sasSessionController
-}
-
-const getJSSessionController = (): JSSessionController => {
-  if (process.jsSessionController) return process.jsSessionController
-
-  process.jsSessionController = new JSSessionController()
-
-  return process.jsSessionController
+  return process.sessionController
 }

 const autoExecContent = `
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/createJSProgram.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/createJSProgram.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isWindows } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { escapeWinSlashes } from '@sasjs/utils'
 import { PreProgramVars, Session } from '../../types'
 import { generateFileUploadJSCode } from '../../utils'
 import { ExecutionVars } from './'
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export const createJSProgram = async (
  vars: ExecutionVars,
  session: Session,
  weboutPath: string,
+  headersPath: string,
  tokenFile: string,
  otherArgs?: any
 ) => {
@@ -20,16 +21,15 @@ export const createJSProgram = async (

  const preProgramVarStatments = `
 let _webout = '';
-const weboutPath = '${
-    isWindows() ? weboutPath.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\') : weboutPath
-  }'; 
-const _sasjs_tokenfile = '${tokenFile}';
-const _sasjs_username = '${preProgramVariables?.username}';
-const _sasjs_userid = '${preProgramVariables?.userId}';
-const _sasjs_displayname = '${preProgramVariables?.displayName}';
-const _metaperson = _sasjs_displayname;
-const _metauser = _sasjs_username;
-const sasjsprocessmode = 'Stored Program';
+const weboutPath = '${escapeWinSlashes(weboutPath)}'; 
+const _SASJS_TOKENFILE = '${escapeWinSlashes(tokenFile)}';
+const _SASJS_WEBOUT_HEADERS = '${escapeWinSlashes(headersPath)}';
+const _SASJS_USERNAME = '${preProgramVariables?.username}';
+const _SASJS_USERID = '${preProgramVariables?.userId}';
+const _SASJS_DISPLAYNAME = '${preProgramVariables?.displayName}';
+const _METAPERSON = _SASJS_DISPLAYNAME;
+const _METAUSER = _SASJS_USERNAME;
+const SASJSPROCESSMODE = 'Stored Program';
 `

  const requiredModules = `const fs = require('fs')`
@@ -53,14 +53,15 @@ if (_webout) {
 `
  // if no files are uploaded filesNamesMap will be undefined
  if (otherArgs?.filesNamesMap) {
-    const uploadJSCode = await generateFileUploadJSCode(
+    const uploadJsCode = await generateFileUploadJSCode(
      otherArgs.filesNamesMap,
      session.path
    )

-    //If js code for the file is generated it will be appended to the top of jsCode
-    if (uploadJSCode.length > 0) {
-      program = `${uploadJSCode}\n` + program
+    // If any files are uploaded, the program needs to be updated with some
+    // dynamically generated variables (pointers) for ease of ingestion
+    if (uploadJsCode.length > 0) {
+      program = `${uploadJsCode}\n` + program
    }
  }
  return requiredModules + program
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/createPythonProgram.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/createPythonProgram.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { escapeWinSlashes } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { PreProgramVars, Session } from '../../types'
+import { generateFileUploadPythonCode } from '../../utils'
+import { ExecutionVars } from './'
+
+export const createPythonProgram = async (
+  program: string,
+  preProgramVariables: PreProgramVars,
+  vars: ExecutionVars,
+  session: Session,
+  weboutPath: string,
+  headersPath: string,
+  tokenFile: string,
+  otherArgs?: any
+) => {
+  const varStatments = Object.keys(vars).reduce(
+    (computed: string, key: string) => `${computed}${key} = '${vars[key]}';\n`,
+    ''
+  )
+
+  const preProgramVarStatments = `
+_SASJS_SESSION_PATH = '${escapeWinSlashes(session.path)}';
+_WEBOUT = '${escapeWinSlashes(weboutPath)}'; 
+_SASJS_WEBOUT_HEADERS = '${escapeWinSlashes(headersPath)}';
+_SASJS_TOKENFILE = '${escapeWinSlashes(tokenFile)}';
+_SASJS_USERNAME = '${preProgramVariables?.username}';
+_SASJS_USERID = '${preProgramVariables?.userId}';
+_SASJS_DISPLAYNAME = '${preProgramVariables?.displayName}';
+_METAPERSON = _SASJS_DISPLAYNAME;
+_METAUSER = _SASJS_USERNAME;
+SASJSPROCESSMODE = 'Stored Program';
+`
+
+  const requiredModules = `import os`
+
+  program = `
+# runtime vars
+${varStatments}
+
+# dynamic user-provided vars
+${preProgramVarStatments}
+
+# change working directory to  session folder
+os.chdir(_SASJS_SESSION_PATH)
+
+# actual job code
+${program}
+
+`
+  // if no files are uploaded filesNamesMap will be undefined
+  if (otherArgs?.filesNamesMap) {
+    const uploadPythonCode = await generateFileUploadPythonCode(
+      otherArgs.filesNamesMap,
+      session.path
+    )
+
+    // If any files are uploaded, the program needs to be updated with some
+    // dynamically generated variables (pointers) for ease of ingestion
+    if (uploadPythonCode.length > 0) {
+      program = `${uploadPythonCode}\n` + program
+    }
+  }
+  return requiredModules + program
+}
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/createRProgram.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/createRProgram.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { escapeWinSlashes } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { PreProgramVars, Session } from '../../types'
+import { generateFileUploadRCode } from '../../utils'
+import { ExecutionVars } from '.'
+
+export const createRProgram = async (
+  program: string,
+  preProgramVariables: PreProgramVars,
+  vars: ExecutionVars,
+  session: Session,
+  weboutPath: string,
+  headersPath: string,
+  tokenFile: string,
+  otherArgs?: any
+) => {
+  const varStatments = Object.keys(vars).reduce(
+    (computed: string, key: string) => `${computed}.${key} <- '${vars[key]}'\n`,
+    ''
+  )
+
+  const preProgramVarStatments = `
+._SASJS_SESSION_PATH <- '${escapeWinSlashes(session.path)}';
+._WEBOUT <- '${escapeWinSlashes(weboutPath)}'; 
+._SASJS_WEBOUT_HEADERS <- '${escapeWinSlashes(headersPath)}';
+._SASJS_TOKENFILE <- '${escapeWinSlashes(tokenFile)}';
+._SASJS_USERNAME <- '${preProgramVariables?.username}';
+._SASJS_USERID <- '${preProgramVariables?.userId}';
+._SASJS_DISPLAYNAME <- '${preProgramVariables?.displayName}';
+._METAPERSON <- ._SASJS_DISPLAYNAME;
+._METAUSER <- ._SASJS_USERNAME;
+SASJSPROCESSMODE <- 'Stored Program';
+`
+
+  const requiredModules = ``
+
+  program = `
+# runtime vars
+${varStatments}
+
+# dynamic user-provided vars
+${preProgramVarStatments}
+
+# change working directory to  session folder
+setwd(._SASJS_SESSION_PATH)
+
+# actual job code
+${program}
+
+`
+  // if no files are uploaded filesNamesMap will be undefined
+  if (otherArgs?.filesNamesMap) {
+    const uploadRCode = await generateFileUploadRCode(
+      otherArgs.filesNamesMap,
+      session.path
+    )
+
+    // If any files are uploaded, the program needs to be updated with some
+    // dynamically generated variables (pointers) for ease of ingestion
+    if (uploadRCode.length > 0) {
+      program = `${uploadRCode}\n` + program
+    }
+  }
+  return requiredModules + program
+}
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/createSASProgram.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/createSASProgram.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const createSASProgram = async (
  vars: ExecutionVars,
  session: Session,
  weboutPath: string,
+  headersPath: string,
  tokenFile: string,
  otherArgs?: any
 ) => {
@@ -23,10 +24,14 @@ export const createSASProgram = async (
 %let _sasjs_displayname=${preProgramVariables?.displayName};
 %let _sasjs_apiserverurl=${preProgramVariables?.serverUrl};
 %let _sasjs_apipath=/SASjsApi/stp/execute;
+%let _sasjs_webout_headers=${headersPath};
 %let _metaperson=&_sasjs_displayname;
 %let _metauser=&_sasjs_username;
+
+/* the below is here for compatibility and will be removed in a future release */
+%let sasjs_stpsrv_header_loc=&_sasjs_webout_headers;
+
 %let sasjsprocessmode=Stored Program;
-%let sasjs_stpsrv_header_loc=%sysfunc(pathname(work))/../stpsrv_header.txt;

 %global SYSPROCESSMODE SYSTCPIPHOSTNAME SYSHOSTINFOLONG;
 %macro _sasjs_server_init();
@@ -34,6 +39,9 @@ export const createSASProgram = async (
 %if "&SYSTCPIPHOSTNAME"="" %then %let SYSTCPIPHOSTNAME=&_sasjs_apiserverurl;
 %mend;
 %_sasjs_server_init()
+
+proc printto print="%sysfunc(getoption(log))";
+run;
 `

  program = `
@@ -60,7 +68,8 @@ ${program}`
      session.path
    )

-    //If sas code for the file is generated it will be appended to the top of sasCode
+    // If any files are uploaded, the program needs to be updated with some
+    // dynamically generated variables (pointers) for ease of ingestion
    if (uploadSasCode.length > 0) {
      program = `${uploadSasCode}` + program
    }
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/index.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ export * from './Execution'
 export * from './FileUploadController'
 export * from './createSASProgram'
 export * from './createJSProgram'
+export * from './createPythonProgram'
+export * from './createRProgram'
 export * from './processProgram'
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/processProgram.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/processProgram.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import path from 'path'
-import fs from 'fs'
-import { execFileSync } from 'child_process'
+import { WriteStream, createWriteStream } from 'fs'
+import { execFile } from 'child_process'
 import { once } from 'stream'
 import { createFile, moveFile } from '@sasjs/utils'
 import { PreProgramVars, Session } from '../../types'
 import { RunTimeType } from '../../utils'
-import { ExecutionVars, createSASProgram, createJSProgram } from './'
+import {
+  ExecutionVars,
+  createSASProgram,
+  createJSProgram,
+  createPythonProgram,
+  createRProgram
+} from './'

 export const processProgram = async (
  program: string,
@@ -13,54 +19,20 @@ export const processProgram = async (
  vars: ExecutionVars,
  session: Session,
  weboutPath: string,
+  headersPath: string,
  tokenFile: string,
  runTime: RunTimeType,
  logPath: string,
  otherArgs?: any
 ) => {
-  if (runTime === RunTimeType.JS) {
-    program = await createJSProgram(
-      program,
-      preProgramVariables,
-      vars,
-      session,
-      weboutPath,
-      tokenFile,
-      otherArgs
-    )
-
-    const codePath = path.join(session.path, 'code.js')
-
-    try {
-      await createFile(codePath, program)
-
-      // create a stream that will write to console outputs to log file
-      const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(logPath)
-
-      // waiting for the open event so that we can have underlying file descriptor
-      await once(writeStream, 'open')
-
-      execFileSync(process.nodeLoc!, [codePath], {
-        stdio: ['ignore', writeStream, writeStream]
-      })
-
-      // copy the code.js program to log and end write stream
-      writeStream.end(program)
-
-      session.completed = true
-      console.log('session completed', session)
-    } catch (err: any) {
-      session.completed = true
-      session.crashed = err.toString()
-      console.log('session crashed', session.id, session.crashed)
-    }
-  } else {
+  if (runTime === RunTimeType.SAS) {
    program = await createSASProgram(
      program,
      preProgramVariables,
      vars,
      session,
      weboutPath,
+      headersPath,
      tokenFile,
      otherArgs
    )
@@ -80,7 +52,111 @@ export const processProgram = async (
    while (!session.completed) {
      await delay(50)
    }
+  } else {
+    let codePath: string
+    let executablePath: string
+    switch (runTime) {
+      case RunTimeType.JS:
+        program = await createJSProgram(
+          program,
+          preProgramVariables,
+          vars,
+          session,
+          weboutPath,
+          headersPath,
+          tokenFile,
+          otherArgs
+        )
+        codePath = path.join(session.path, 'code.js')
+        executablePath = process.nodeLoc!
+
+        break
+      case RunTimeType.PY:
+        program = await createPythonProgram(
+          program,
+          preProgramVariables,
+          vars,
+          session,
+          weboutPath,
+          headersPath,
+          tokenFile,
+          otherArgs
+        )
+        codePath = path.join(session.path, 'code.py')
+        executablePath = process.pythonLoc!
+
+        break
+      case RunTimeType.R:
+        program = await createRProgram(
+          program,
+          preProgramVariables,
+          vars,
+          session,
+          weboutPath,
+          headersPath,
+          tokenFile,
+          otherArgs
+        )
+        codePath = path.join(session.path, 'code.r')
+        executablePath = process.rLoc!
+
+        break
+      default:
+        throw new Error('Invalid runtime!')
+    }
+
+    await createFile(codePath, program)
+
+    // create a stream that will write to console outputs to log file
+    const writeStream = createWriteStream(logPath)
+    // waiting for the open event so that we can have underlying file descriptor
+    await once(writeStream, 'open')
+
+    await execFilePromise(executablePath, [codePath], writeStream)
+      .then(() => {
+        session.completed = true
+        process.logger.info('session completed', session)
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        session.completed = true
+        session.crashed = err.toString()
+        process.logger.error('session crashed', session.id, session.crashed)
+      })
+
+    // copy the code file to log and end write stream
+    writeStream.end(program)
  }
 }

+/**
+ * Promisified child_process.execFile
+ *
+ * @param file - The name or path of the executable file to run.
+ * @param args - List of string arguments.
+ * @param writeStream - Child process stdout and stderr will be piped to it.
+ *
+ * @returns {Promise<{ stdout: string, stderr: string }>}
+ */
+const execFilePromise = (
+  file: string,
+  args: string[],
+  writeStream: WriteStream
+): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string }> => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const child = execFile(file, args, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+      if (err) reject(err)
+
+      resolve({ stdout, stderr })
+    })
+
+    child.stdout?.on('data', (data) => {
+      writeStream.write(data)
+    })
+
+    child.stderr?.on('data', (data) => {
+      writeStream.write(data)
+    })
+  })
+}
+
 const delay = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
--- a/api/src/controllers/mock-sas9.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/mock-sas9.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+import { readFile } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import express from 'express'
+import path from 'path'
+import { Request, Post, Get } from 'tsoa'
+import dotenv from 'dotenv'
+import { ExecutionController } from './internal'
+import {
+  getPreProgramVariables,
+  getRunTimeAndFilePath,
+  makeFilesNamesMap
+} from '../utils'
+import { MulterFile } from '../types/Upload'
+
+dotenv.config()
+
+export interface Sas9Response {
+  content: string
+  redirect?: string
+  error?: boolean
+}
+
+export interface MockFileRead {
+  content: string
+  error?: boolean
+}
+
+export class MockSas9Controller {
+  private loggedIn: string | undefined
+  private mocksPath = process.env.STATIC_MOCK_LOCATION || 'mocks'
+
+  @Get('/SASStoredProcess')
+  public async sasStoredProcess(
+    @Request() req: express.Request
+  ): Promise<Sas9Response> {
+    const username = req.query._username?.toString() || undefined
+    const password = req.query._password?.toString() || undefined
+
+    if (username && password) this.loggedIn = req.body.username
+
+    if (!this.loggedIn) {
+      return {
+        content: '',
+        redirect: '/SASLogon/login'
+      }
+    }
+
+    let program = req.query._program?.toString() || undefined
+    const filePath: string[] = program
+      ? program.replace('/', '').split('/')
+      : ['generic', 'sas-stored-process']
+
+    if (program) {
+      return await getMockResponseFromFile([
+        process.cwd(),
+        this.mocksPath,
+        'sas9',
+        ...filePath
+      ])
+    }
+
+    return await getMockResponseFromFile([
+      process.cwd(),
+      'mocks',
+      'sas9',
+      ...filePath
+    ])
+  }
+
+  @Get('/SASStoredProcess/do')
+  public async sasStoredProcessDoGet(
+    @Request() req: express.Request
+  ): Promise<Sas9Response> {
+    const username = req.query._username?.toString() || undefined
+    const password = req.query._password?.toString() || undefined
+
+    if (username && password) this.loggedIn = username
+
+    if (!this.loggedIn) {
+      return {
+        content: '',
+        redirect: '/SASLogon/login'
+      }
+    }
+
+    const program = req.query._program ?? req.body?._program
+    const filePath: string[] = ['generic', 'sas-stored-process']
+
+    if (program) {
+      const vars = { ...req.query, ...req.body, _requestMethod: req.method }
+      const otherArgs = {}
+
+      try {
+        const { codePath, runTime } = await getRunTimeAndFilePath(
+          program + '.js'
+        )
+
+        const result = await new ExecutionController().executeFile({
+          programPath: codePath,
+          preProgramVariables: getPreProgramVariables(req),
+          vars: vars,
+          otherArgs: otherArgs,
+          runTime,
+          forceStringResult: true
+        })
+
+        return {
+          content: result.result as string
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        process.logger.error('err', err)
+      }
+
+      return {
+        content: 'No webout returned.'
+      }
+    }
+
+    return await getMockResponseFromFile([
+      process.cwd(),
+      'mocks',
+      'sas9',
+      ...filePath
+    ])
+  }
+
+  @Post('/SASStoredProcess/do/')
+  public async sasStoredProcessDoPost(
+    @Request() req: express.Request
+  ): Promise<Sas9Response> {
+    if (!this.loggedIn) {
+      return {
+        content: '',
+        redirect: '/SASLogon/login'
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (this.isPublicAccount()) {
+      return {
+        content: '',
+        redirect: '/SASLogon/Login'
+      }
+    }
+
+    const program = req.query._program ?? req.body?._program
+    const vars = {
+      ...req.query,
+      ...req.body,
+      _requestMethod: req.method,
+      _driveLoc: process.driveLoc
+    }
+    const filesNamesMap = req.files?.length
+      ? makeFilesNamesMap(req.files as MulterFile[])
+      : null
+    const otherArgs = { filesNamesMap: filesNamesMap }
+    const { codePath, runTime } = await getRunTimeAndFilePath(program + '.js')
+    try {
+      const result = await new ExecutionController().executeFile({
+        programPath: codePath,
+        preProgramVariables: getPreProgramVariables(req),
+        vars: vars,
+        otherArgs: otherArgs,
+        runTime,
+        session: req.sasjsSession,
+        forceStringResult: true
+      })
+
+      return {
+        content: result.result as string
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      process.logger.error('err', err)
+    }
+
+    return {
+      content: 'No webout returned.'
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Get('/SASLogon/login')
+  public async loginGet(): Promise<Sas9Response> {
+    if (this.loggedIn) {
+      if (this.isPublicAccount()) {
+        return {
+          content: '',
+          redirect: '/SASStoredProcess/Logoff?publicDenied=true'
+        }
+      } else {
+        return await getMockResponseFromFile([
+          process.cwd(),
+          'mocks',
+          'sas9',
+          'generic',
+          'logged-in'
+        ])
+      }
+    }
+
+    return await getMockResponseFromFile([
+      process.cwd(),
+      'mocks',
+      'sas9',
+      'generic',
+      'login'
+    ])
+  }
+
+  @Post('/SASLogon/login')
+  public async loginPost(req: express.Request): Promise<Sas9Response> {
+    if (req.body.lt && req.body.lt !== 'validtoken')
+      return {
+        content: '',
+        redirect: '/SASLogon/login'
+      }
+
+    this.loggedIn = req.body.username
+
+    return await getMockResponseFromFile([
+      process.cwd(),
+      'mocks',
+      'sas9',
+      'generic',
+      'logged-in'
+    ])
+  }
+
+  @Get('/SASLogon/logout')
+  public async logout(req: express.Request): Promise<Sas9Response> {
+    this.loggedIn = undefined
+
+    if (req.query.publicDenied === 'true') {
+      return await getMockResponseFromFile([
+        process.cwd(),
+        'mocks',
+        'sas9',
+        'generic',
+        'public-access-denied'
+      ])
+    }
+
+    return await getMockResponseFromFile([
+      process.cwd(),
+      'mocks',
+      'sas9',
+      'generic',
+      'logged-out'
+    ])
+  }
+
+  @Get('/SASStoredProcess/Logoff') //publicDenied=true
+  public async logoff(req: express.Request): Promise<Sas9Response> {
+    const params = req.query.publicDenied
+      ? `?publicDenied=${req.query.publicDenied}`
+      : ''
+
+    return {
+      content: '',
+      redirect: '/SASLogon/logout' + params
+    }
+  }
+
+  private isPublicAccount = () => this.loggedIn?.toLowerCase() === 'public'
+}
+
+const getMockResponseFromFile = async (
+  filePath: string[]
+): Promise<MockFileRead> => {
+  const filePathParsed = path.join(...filePath)
+  let error: boolean = false
+
+  let file = await readFile(filePathParsed).catch((err: any) => {
+    const errMsg = `Error reading mocked file on path: ${filePathParsed}\nError: ${err}`
+    process.logger.error(errMsg)
+
+    error = true
+
+    return errMsg
+  })
+
+  return {
+    content: file,
+    error: error
+  }
+}
--- a/api/src/controllers/permission.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/permission.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import express from 'express'
 import {
  Security,
  Route,
@@ -8,7 +9,8 @@ import {
  Post,
  Patch,
  Delete,
-  Body
+  Body,
+  Request
 } from 'tsoa'

 import Permission from '../model/Permission'
@@ -17,12 +19,16 @@ import Group from '../model/Group'
 import { UserResponse } from './user'
 import { GroupDetailsResponse } from './group'

+export enum PermissionType {
+  route = 'Route'
+}
+
 export enum PrincipalType {
  user = 'user',
  group = 'group'
 }

-export enum PermissionSetting {
+export enum PermissionSettingForRoute {
  grant = 'Grant',
  deny = 'Deny'
 }
@@ -32,12 +38,17 @@ interface RegisterPermissionPayload {
   * Name of affected resource
   * @example "/SASjsApi/code/execute"
   */
-  uri: string
+  path: string
+  /**
+   * Type of affected resource
+   * @example "Route"
+   */
+  type: PermissionType
  /**
   * The indication of whether (and to what extent) access is provided
   * @example "Grant"
   */
-  setting: PermissionSetting
+  setting: PermissionSettingForRoute
  /**
   * Indicates the type of principal
   * @example "user"
@@ -55,12 +66,13 @@ interface UpdatePermissionPayload {
   * The indication of whether (and to what extent) access is provided
   * @example "Grant"
   */
-  setting: PermissionSetting
+  setting: PermissionSettingForRoute
 }

 export interface PermissionDetailsResponse {
  permissionId: number
-  uri: string
+  path: string
+  type: string
  setting: string
  user?: UserResponse
  group?: GroupDetailsResponse
@@ -71,13 +83,17 @@ export interface PermissionDetailsResponse {
@Tags('Permission')
 export class PermissionController {
  /**
-   * @summary Get list of all permissions (uri, setting and userDetail).
+   * Get the list of permission rules applicable the authenticated user.
+   * If the user is an admin, all rules are returned.
+   *
+   * @summary Get the list of permission rules. If the user is admin, all rules are returned.
   *
   */
  @Example<PermissionDetailsResponse[]>([
    {
      permissionId: 123,
-      uri: '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
+      path: '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
+      type: 'Route',
      setting: 'Grant',
      user: {
        id: 1,
@@ -88,7 +104,8 @@ export class PermissionController {
    },
    {
      permissionId: 124,
-      uri: '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
+      path: '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
+      type: 'Route',
      setting: 'Grant',
      group: {
        groupId: 1,
@@ -100,8 +117,10 @@ export class PermissionController {
    }
  ])
  @Get('/')
-  public async getAllPermissions(): Promise<PermissionDetailsResponse[]> {
-    return getAllPermissions()
+  public async getAllPermissions(
+    @Request() request: express.Request
+  ): Promise<PermissionDetailsResponse[]> {
+    return getAllPermissions(request)
  }

  /**
@@ -110,7 +129,8 @@ export class PermissionController {
   */
  @Example<PermissionDetailsResponse>({
    permissionId: 123,
-    uri: '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
+    path: '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
+    type: 'Route',
    setting: 'Grant',
    user: {
      id: 1,
@@ -133,7 +153,8 @@ export class PermissionController {
   */
  @Example<PermissionDetailsResponse>({
    permissionId: 123,
-    uri: '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
+    path: '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
+    type: 'Route',
    setting: 'Grant',
    user: {
      id: 1,
@@ -161,33 +182,43 @@ export class PermissionController {
  }
 }

-const getAllPermissions = async (): Promise<PermissionDetailsResponse[]> =>
-  (await Permission.find({})
-    .select({
-      _id: 0,
-      permissionId: 1,
-      uri: 1,
-      setting: 1
-    })
-    .populate({ path: 'user', select: 'id username displayName isAdmin -_id' })
-    .populate({
-      path: 'group',
-      select: 'groupId name description -_id',
-      populate: {
-        path: 'users',
-        select: 'id username displayName isAdmin -_id',
-        options: { limit: 15 }
+const getAllPermissions = async (
+  req: express.Request
+): Promise<PermissionDetailsResponse[]> => {
+  const { user } = req
+
+  if (user?.isAdmin) return await Permission.get({})
+  else {
+    const permissions: PermissionDetailsResponse[] = []
+
+    const dbUser = await User.findOne({ id: user?.userId })
+    if (!dbUser)
+      throw {
+        code: 404,
+        status: 'Not Found',
+        message: 'User not found.'
      }
-    })) as unknown as PermissionDetailsResponse[]
+
+    permissions.push(...(await Permission.get({ user: dbUser._id })))
+
+    for (const group of dbUser.groups) {
+      permissions.push(...(await Permission.get({ group })))
+    }
+
+    return permissions
+  }
+}

 const createPermission = async ({
-  uri,
+  path,
+  type,
  setting,
  principalType,
  principalId
 }: RegisterPermissionPayload): Promise<PermissionDetailsResponse> => {
  const permission = new Permission({
-    uri,
+    path,
+    type,
    setting
  })

@@ -212,7 +243,8 @@ const createPermission = async ({
        }

      const alreadyExists = await Permission.findOne({
-        uri,
+        path,
+        type,
        user: userInDB._id
      })

@@ -220,7 +252,8 @@ const createPermission = async ({
        throw {
          code: 409,
          status: 'Conflict',
-          message: 'Permission already exists with provided URI and User.'
+          message:
+            'Permission already exists with provided Path, Type and User.'
        }

      permission.user = userInDB._id
@@ -243,14 +276,16 @@ const createPermission = async ({
        }

      const alreadyExists = await Permission.findOne({
-        uri,
+        path,
+        type,
        group: groupInDB._id
      })
      if (alreadyExists)
        throw {
          code: 409,
          status: 'Conflict',
-          message: 'Permission already exists with provided URI and Group.'
+          message:
+            'Permission already exists with provided Path, Type and Group.'
        }

      permission.group = groupInDB._id
@@ -280,7 +315,8 @@ const createPermission = async ({

  return {
    permissionId: savedPermission.permissionId,
-    uri: savedPermission.uri,
+    path: savedPermission.path,
+    type: savedPermission.type,
    setting: savedPermission.setting,
    user,
    group
@@ -301,7 +337,8 @@ const updatePermission = async (
    .select({
      _id: 0,
      permissionId: 1,
-      uri: 1,
+      path: 1,
+      type: 1,
      setting: 1
    })
    .populate({ path: 'user', select: 'id username displayName isAdmin -_id' })
--- a/api/src/controllers/session.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/session.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import express from 'express'
 import { Request, Security, Route, Tags, Example, Get } from 'tsoa'
 import { UserResponse } from './user'

+interface SessionResponse extends UserResponse {
+  needsToUpdatePassword: boolean
+}
+
@Security('bearerAuth')
@Route('SASjsApi/session')
@Tags('Session')
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ export class SessionController {
  @Get('/')
  public async session(
    @Request() request: express.Request
-  ): Promise<UserResponse> {
+  ): Promise<SessionResponse> {
    return session(request)
  }
 }
@@ -28,5 +32,6 @@ const session = (req: express.Request) => ({
  id: req.user!.userId,
  username: req.user!.username,
  displayName: req.user!.displayName,
-  isAdmin: req.user!.isAdmin
+  isAdmin: req.user!.isAdmin,
+  needsToUpdatePassword: req.user!.needsToUpdatePassword
 })
--- a/api/src/controllers/stp.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/stp.ts
@@ -1,33 +1,16 @@
 import express from 'express'
-import {
-  Request,
-  Security,
-  Route,
-  Tags,
-  Post,
-  Body,
-  Get,
-  Query,
-  Example
-} from 'tsoa'
-import {
-  ExecuteReturnJson,
-  ExecuteReturnRaw,
-  ExecutionController,
-  ExecutionVars
-} from './internal'
+import { Request, Security, Route, Tags, Post, Body, Get, Query } from 'tsoa'
+import { ExecutionController, ExecutionVars } from './internal'
 import {
  getPreProgramVariables,
  HTTPHeaders,
-  isDebugOn,
  LogLine,
  makeFilesNamesMap,
-  parseLogToArray,
  getRunTimeAndFilePath
 } from '../utils'
 import { MulterFile } from '../types/Upload'

-interface ExecuteReturnJsonPayload {
+interface ExecutePostRequestPayload {
  /**
   * Location of SAS program
   * @example "/Public/somefolder/some.file"
@@ -35,102 +18,80 @@ interface ExecuteReturnJsonPayload {
  _program?: string
 }

-interface IRecordOfAny {
-  [key: string]: any
-}
-export interface ExecuteReturnJsonResponse {
-  status: string
-  _webout: string | IRecordOfAny
-  log: LogLine[]
-  message?: string
-  httpHeaders: HTTPHeaders
-}
-
@Security('bearerAuth')
@Route('SASjsApi/stp')
@Tags('STP')
 export class STPController {
  /**
-   * Trigger a SAS or JS program using the _program URL parameter.
+   * Trigger a Stored Program using the _program URL parameter.
   *
   * Accepts URL parameters and file uploads.  For more details, see docs:
   *
   * https://server.sasjs.io/storedprograms
   *
-   * @summary Execute a Stored Program, returns raw _webout content.
-   * @param _program Location of SAS or JS code
+   * @summary Execute a Stored Program, returns _webout and (optionally) log.
+   * @param _program Location of code in SASjs Drive
   * @example _program "/Projects/myApp/some/program"
   */
  @Get('/execute')
-  public async executeReturnRaw(
+  public async executeGetRequest(
    @Request() request: express.Request,
    @Query() _program: string
  ): Promise<string | Buffer> {
-    return executeReturnRaw(request, _program)
+    const vars = request.query as ExecutionVars
+    return execute(request, _program, vars)
  }

  /**
-   * Trigger a SAS or JS program using the _program URL parameter.
+   * Trigger a Stored Program using the _program URL parameter.
   *
   * Accepts URL parameters and file uploads.  For more details, see docs:
   *
   * https://server.sasjs.io/storedprograms
   *
-   * The response will be a JSON object with the following root attributes:
-   * log, webout, headers.
   *
-   * The webout attribute will be nested JSON ONLY if the response-header
-   * contains a content-type of application/json AND it is valid JSON.
-   * Otherwise it will be a stringified version of the webout content.
-   *
-   * @summary Execute a Stored Program, return a JSON object
-   * @param _program Location of SAS or JS code
+   * @summary Execute a Stored Program, returns _webout and (optionally) log.
+   * @param _program Location of code in SASjs Drive
   * @example _program "/Projects/myApp/some/program"
   */
-  @Example<ExecuteReturnJsonResponse>({
-    status: 'success',
-    _webout: 'webout content',
-    log: [],
-    httpHeaders: {
-      'Content-type': 'application/zip',
-      'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=1000'
-    }
-  })
  @Post('/execute')
-  public async executeReturnJson(
+  public async executePostRequest(
    @Request() request: express.Request,
-    @Body() body?: ExecuteReturnJsonPayload,
+    @Body() body?: ExecutePostRequestPayload,
    @Query() _program?: string
-  ): Promise<ExecuteReturnJsonResponse> {
+  ): Promise<string | Buffer> {
    const program = _program ?? body?._program
-    return executeReturnJson(request, program!)
+    const vars = { ...request.query, ...request.body }
+    const filesNamesMap = request.files?.length
+      ? makeFilesNamesMap(request.files as MulterFile[])
+      : null
+    const otherArgs = { filesNamesMap: filesNamesMap }
+
+    return execute(request, program!, vars, otherArgs)
  }
 }

-const executeReturnRaw = async (
+const execute = async (
  req: express.Request,
-  _program: string
+  _program: string,
+  vars: ExecutionVars,
+  otherArgs?: any
 ): Promise<string | Buffer> => {
-  const query = req.query as ExecutionVars
-
  try {
    const { codePath, runTime } = await getRunTimeAndFilePath(_program)

-    const { result, httpHeaders } =
-      (await new ExecutionController().executeFile({
+    const { result, httpHeaders } = await new ExecutionController().executeFile(
+      {
        programPath: codePath,
+        runTime,
        preProgramVariables: getPreProgramVariables(req),
-        vars: query,
-        runTime
-      })) as ExecuteReturnRaw
+        vars,
+        otherArgs,
+        session: req.sasjsSession
+      }
+    )

-    // Should over-ride response header for debug
-    // on GET request to see entire log rendering on browser.
-    if (isDebugOn(query)) {
-      httpHeaders['content-type'] = 'text/plain'
-    }
-
-    req.res?.set(httpHeaders)
+    req.res?.header(httpHeaders)

    if (result instanceof Buffer) {
      ;(req as any).sasHeaders = httpHeaders
@@ -146,48 +107,3 @@ const executeReturnRaw = async (
    }
  }
 }
-
-const executeReturnJson = async (
-  req: express.Request,
-  _program: string
-): Promise<ExecuteReturnJsonResponse> => {
-  const filesNamesMap = req.files?.length
-    ? makeFilesNamesMap(req.files as MulterFile[])
-    : null
-
-  try {
-    const { codePath, runTime } = await getRunTimeAndFilePath(_program)
-
-    const { webout, log, httpHeaders } =
-      (await new ExecutionController().executeFile({
-        programPath: codePath,
-        preProgramVariables: getPreProgramVariables(req),
-        vars: { ...req.query, ...req.body },
-        otherArgs: { filesNamesMap: filesNamesMap },
-        returnJson: true,
-        session: req.sasjsSession,
-        runTime
-      })) as ExecuteReturnJson
-
-    let weboutRes: string | IRecordOfAny = webout
-    if (httpHeaders['content-type']?.toLowerCase() === 'application/json') {
-      try {
-        weboutRes = JSON.parse(webout as string)
-      } catch (_) {}
-    }
-
-    return {
-      status: 'success',
-      _webout: weboutRes,
-      log: parseLogToArray(log),
-      httpHeaders
-    }
-  } catch (err: any) {
-    throw {
-      code: 400,
-      status: 'failure',
-      message: 'Job execution failed.',
-      error: typeof err === 'object' ? err.toString() : err
-    }
-  }
-}
--- a/api/src/controllers/user.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/user.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ import {
 import { desktopUser } from '../middlewares'

 import User, { UserPayload } from '../model/User'
-import { getUserAutoExec, updateUserAutoExec, ModeType } from '../utils'
-import { GroupResponse } from './group'
+import {
+  getUserAutoExec,
+  updateUserAutoExec,
+  ModeType,
+  ALL_USERS_GROUP
+} from '../utils'
+import { GroupController, GroupResponse } from './group'

 export interface UserResponse {
  id: number
@@ -211,7 +216,11 @@ const createUser = async (data: UserPayload): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> => {

  // Checking if user is already in the database
  const usernameExist = await User.findOne({ username })
-  if (usernameExist) throw new Error('Username already exists.')
+  if (usernameExist)
+    throw {
+      code: 409,
+      message: 'Username already exists.'
+    }

  // Hash passwords
  const hashPassword = User.hashPassword(password)
@@ -228,6 +237,15 @@ const createUser = async (data: UserPayload): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> => {

  const savedUser = await user.save()

+  const groupController = new GroupController()
+  const allUsersGroup = await groupController
+    .getGroupByGroupName(ALL_USERS_GROUP.name)
+    .catch(() => {})
+
+  if (allUsersGroup) {
+    await groupController.addUserToGroup(allUsersGroup.groupId, savedUser.id)
+  }
+
  return {
    id: savedUser.id,
    displayName: savedUser.displayName,
@@ -255,7 +273,11 @@ const getUser = async (
    'groupId name description -_id'
  )) as unknown as UserDetailsResponse

-  if (!user) throw new Error('User is not found.')
+  if (!user)
+    throw {
+      code: 404,
+      message: 'User is not found.'
+    }

  return {
    id: user.id,
@@ -284,6 +306,24 @@ const updateUser = async (

  const params: any = { displayName, isAdmin, isActive, autoExec }

+  const user = await User.findOne(findBy)
+
+  if (username && username !== user?.username && user?.authProvider) {
+    throw {
+      code: 405,
+      message:
+        'Can not update username of user that is created by an external auth provider.'
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (displayName && displayName !== user?.displayName && user?.authProvider) {
+    throw {
+      code: 405,
+      message:
+        'Can not update display name of user that is created by an external auth provider.'
+    }
+  }
+
  if (username) {
    // Checking if user is already in the database
    const usernameExist = await User.findOne({ username })
@@ -292,7 +332,10 @@ const updateUser = async (
        (findBy.id && usernameExist.id != findBy.id) ||
        (findBy.username && usernameExist.username != findBy.username)
      )
-        throw new Error('Username already exists.')
+        throw {
+          code: 409,
+          message: 'Username already exists.'
+        }
    }
    params.username = username
  }
@@ -305,7 +348,10 @@ const updateUser = async (
  const updatedUser = await User.findOneAndUpdate(findBy, params, { new: true })

  if (!updatedUser)
-    throw new Error(`Unable to find user with ${findBy.id || findBy.username}`)
+    throw {
+      code: 404,
+      message: `Unable to find user with ${findBy.id || findBy.username}`
+    }

  return {
    id: updatedUser.id,
@@ -332,11 +378,19 @@ const deleteUser = async (
  { password }: { password?: string }
 ) => {
  const user = await User.findOne(findBy)
-  if (!user) throw new Error('User is not found.')
+  if (!user)
+    throw {
+      code: 404,
+      message: 'User is not found.'
+    }

  if (!isAdmin) {
    const validPass = user.comparePassword(password!)
-    if (!validPass) throw new Error('Invalid password.')
+    if (!validPass)
+      throw {
+        code: 401,
+        message: 'Invalid password.'
+      }
  }

  await User.deleteOne(findBy)
--- a/api/src/controllers/web.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/web.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import { readFile } from '@sasjs/utils'

 import User from '../model/User'
 import Client from '../model/Client'
-import { getWebBuildFolder, generateAuthCode } from '../utils'
+import {
+  getWebBuildFolder,
+  generateAuthCode,
+  AuthProviderType,
+  LDAPClient
+} from '../utils'
 import { InfoJWT } from '../types'
 import { AuthController } from './auth'

@@ -80,8 +85,16 @@ const login = async (
  const user = await User.findOne({ username })
  if (!user) throw new Error('Username is not found.')

-  const validPass = user.comparePassword(password)
-  if (!validPass) throw new Error('Invalid password.')
+  if (
+    process.env.AUTH_PROVIDERS === AuthProviderType.LDAP &&
+    user.authProvider === AuthProviderType.LDAP
+  ) {
+    const ldapClient = await LDAPClient.init()
+    await ldapClient.verifyUser(username, password)
+  } else {
+    const validPass = user.comparePassword(password)
+    if (!validPass) throw new Error('Invalid password.')
+  }

  req.session.loggedIn = true
  req.session.user = {
@@ -91,7 +104,8 @@ const login = async (
    displayName: user.displayName,
    isAdmin: user.isAdmin,
    isActive: user.isActive,
-    autoExec: user.autoExec
+    autoExec: user.autoExec,
+    needsToUpdatePassword: user.needsToUpdatePassword
  }

  return {
@@ -100,7 +114,8 @@ const login = async (
      id: user.id,
      username: user.username,
      displayName: user.displayName,
-      isAdmin: user.isAdmin
+      isAdmin: user.isAdmin,
+      needsToUpdatePassword: user.needsToUpdatePassword
    }
  }
 }
--- a/api/src/middlewares/authenticateToken.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/authenticateToken.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { RequestHandler, Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express'
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
-import { csrfProtection } from '../app'
+import { csrfProtection } from './'
 import {
  fetchLatestAutoExec,
  ModeType,
  verifyTokenInDB,
-  isAuthorizingRoute
+  isAuthorizingRoute,
+  isPublicRoute,
+  publicUser
 } from '../utils'
 import { desktopUser } from './desktop'
 import { authorize } from './authorize'
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ export const authenticateAccessToken: RequestHandler = async (
    return res.sendStatus(401)
  }

-  authenticateToken(
+  await authenticateToken(
    req,
    res,
    nextFunction,
@@ -50,8 +52,12 @@ export const authenticateAccessToken: RequestHandler = async (
  )
 }

-export const authenticateRefreshToken: RequestHandler = (req, res, next) => {
-  authenticateToken(
+export const authenticateRefreshToken: RequestHandler = async (
+  req,
+  res,
+  next
+) => {
+  await authenticateToken(
    req,
    res,
    next,
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ export const authenticateRefreshToken: RequestHandler = (req, res, next) => {
  )
 }

-const authenticateToken = (
+const authenticateToken = async (
  req: Request,
  res: Response,
  next: NextFunction,
@@ -75,7 +81,8 @@ const authenticateToken = (
      username: 'desktopModeUsername',
      displayName: 'desktopModeDisplayName',
      isAdmin: true,
-      isActive: true
+      isActive: true,
+      needsToUpdatePassword: false
    }
    req.accessToken = 'desktopModeAccessToken'
    return next()
@@ -83,12 +90,12 @@ const authenticateToken = (

  const authHeader = req.headers['authorization']
  const token = authHeader?.split(' ')[1]
-  if (!token) return res.sendStatus(401)

-  jwt.verify(token, key, async (err: any, data: any) => {
-    if (err) return res.sendStatus(401)
+  try {
+    if (!token) throw 'Unauthorized'
+
+    const data: any = jwt.verify(token, key)

-    // verify this valid token's entry in DB
    const user = await verifyTokenInDB(
      data?.userId,
      data?.clientId,
@@ -101,8 +108,16 @@ const authenticateToken = (
        req.user = user
        if (tokenType === 'accessToken') req.accessToken = token
        return next()
-      } else return res.sendStatus(401)
+      } else throw 'Unauthorized'
    }
-    return res.sendStatus(401)
-  })
+
+    throw 'Unauthorized'
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (await isPublicRoute(req)) {
+      req.user = publicUser
+      return next()
+    }
+
+    res.sendStatus(401)
+  }
 }
--- a/api/src/middlewares/authorize.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/authorize.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,87 @@
 import { RequestHandler } from 'express'
 import User from '../model/User'
 import Permission from '../model/Permission'
-import { PermissionSetting } from '../controllers/permission'
-import { getUri } from '../utils'
+import {
+  PermissionSettingForRoute,
+  PermissionType
+} from '../controllers/permission'
+import { getPath, isPublicRoute, TopLevelRoutes } from '../utils'

 export const authorize: RequestHandler = async (req, res, next) => {
  const { user } = req

-  if (!user) {
-    return res.sendStatus(401)
-  }
+  if (!user) return res.sendStatus(401)

  // no need to check for permissions when user is admin
  if (user.isAdmin) return next()

+  // no need to check for permissions when route is Public
+  if (await isPublicRoute(req)) return next()
+
  const dbUser = await User.findOne({ id: user.userId })
  if (!dbUser) return res.sendStatus(401)

-  const uri = getUri(req)
+  const path = getPath(req)
+  const { baseUrl } = req
+  const topLevelRoute =
+    TopLevelRoutes.find((route) => baseUrl.startsWith(route)) || baseUrl

  // find permission w.r.t user
-  const permission = await Permission.findOne({ uri, user: dbUser._id })
+  const permission = await Permission.findOne({
+    path,
+    type: PermissionType.route,
+    user: dbUser._id
+  })

  if (permission) {
-    if (permission.setting === PermissionSetting.grant) return next()
+    if (permission.setting === PermissionSettingForRoute.grant) return next()
    else return res.sendStatus(401)
  }

+  // find permission w.r.t user on top level
+  const topLevelPermission = await Permission.findOne({
+    path: topLevelRoute,
+    type: PermissionType.route,
+    user: dbUser._id
+  })
+
+  if (topLevelPermission) {
+    if (topLevelPermission.setting === PermissionSettingForRoute.grant)
+      return next()
+    else return res.sendStatus(401)
+  }
+
+  let isPermissionDenied = false
+
  // find permission w.r.t user's groups
  for (const group of dbUser.groups) {
-    const groupPermission = await Permission.findOne({ uri, group })
-    if (groupPermission?.setting === PermissionSetting.grant) return next()
+    const groupPermission = await Permission.findOne({
+      path,
+      type: PermissionType.route,
+      group
+    })
+
+    if (groupPermission) {
+      if (groupPermission.setting === PermissionSettingForRoute.grant) {
+        return next()
+      } else {
+        isPermissionDenied = true
+      }
+    }
  }
+
+  if (!isPermissionDenied) {
+    // find permission w.r.t user's groups on top level
+    for (const group of dbUser.groups) {
+      const groupPermission = await Permission.findOne({
+        path: topLevelRoute,
+        type: PermissionType.route,
+        group
+      })
+      if (groupPermission?.setting === PermissionSettingForRoute.grant)
+        return next()
+    }
+  }
+
  return res.sendStatus(401)
 }
--- a/api/src/middlewares/csrfProtection.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/csrfProtection.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { RequestHandler } from 'express'
+import csrf from 'csrf'
+
+const csrfTokens = new csrf()
+const secret = csrfTokens.secretSync()
+
+export const generateCSRFToken = () => csrfTokens.create(secret)
+
+export const csrfProtection: RequestHandler = (req, res, next) => {
+  if (req.method === 'GET') return next()
+
+  // Reads the token from the following locations, in order:
+  // req.body.csrf_token - typically generated by the body-parser module.
+  // req.query.csrf_token - a built-in from Express.js to read from the URL query string.
+  // req.headers['csrf-token'] - the CSRF-Token HTTP request header.
+  // req.headers['xsrf-token'] - the XSRF-Token HTTP request header.
+  // req.headers['x-csrf-token'] - the X-CSRF-Token HTTP request header.
+  // req.headers['x-xsrf-token'] - the X-XSRF-Token HTTP request header.
+
+  const token =
+    req.body?.csrf_token ||
+    req.query?.csrf_token ||
+    req.headers['csrf-token'] ||
+    req.headers['xsrf-token'] ||
+    req.headers['x-csrf-token'] ||
+    req.headers['x-xsrf-token']
+
+  if (!csrfTokens.verify(secret, token)) {
+    return res.status(400).send('Invalid CSRF token!')
+  }
+  next()
+}
--- a/api/src/middlewares/desktop.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/desktop.ts
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ export const desktopUser: RequestUser = {
  username: userInfo().username,
  displayName: userInfo().username,
  isAdmin: true,
-  isActive: true
+  isActive: true,
+  needsToUpdatePassword: false
 }
--- a/api/src/middlewares/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from './authenticateToken'
+export * from './authorize'
+export * from './csrfProtection'
 export * from './desktop'
 export * from './verifyAdmin'
 export * from './verifyAdminIfNeeded'
-export * from './authorize'
--- a/api/src/model/Client.ts
+++ b/api/src/model/Client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import mongoose, { Schema } from 'mongoose'

+export const NUMBER_OF_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY = 86400
 export interface ClientPayload {
  /**
   * Client ID
@@ -11,6 +12,16 @@ export interface ClientPayload {
   * @example "someRandomCryptoString"
   */
  clientSecret: string
+  /**
+   * Number of seconds after which access token will expire. Default is 86400 (1 day)
+   * @example 86400
+   */
+  accessTokenExpiration?: number
+  /**
+   * Number of seconds after which access token will expire. Default is 2592000 (30 days)
+   * @example 2592000
+   */
+  refreshTokenExpiration?: number
 }

 const ClientSchema = new Schema<ClientPayload>({
@@ -21,6 +32,14 @@ const ClientSchema = new Schema<ClientPayload>({
  clientSecret: {
    type: String,
    required: true
+  },
+  accessTokenExpiration: {
+    type: Number,
+    default: NUMBER_OF_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY
+  },
+  refreshTokenExpiration: {
+    type: Number,
+    default: NUMBER_OF_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY * 30
  }
 })

--- a/api/src/model/Group.ts
+++ b/api/src/model/Group.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import mongoose, { Schema, model, Document, Model } from 'mongoose'
 import { GroupDetailsResponse } from '../controllers'
 import User, { IUser } from './User'
+import { AuthProviderType } from '../utils'
 const AutoIncrement = require('mongoose-sequence')(mongoose)

+export const PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME = 'Public'
+
 export interface GroupPayload {
  /**
   * Name of the group
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ interface IGroupDocument extends GroupPayload, Document {
  groupId: number
  isActive: boolean
  users: Schema.Types.ObjectId[]
+  authProvider?: AuthProviderType
 }

 interface IGroup extends IGroupDocument {
@@ -44,6 +48,10 @@ const groupSchema = new Schema<IGroupDocument>({
    type: String,
    default: 'Group description.'
  },
+  authProvider: {
+    type: String,
+    enum: AuthProviderType
+  },
  isActive: {
    type: Boolean,
    default: true
--- a/api/src/model/Permission.ts
+++ b/api/src/model/Permission.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 import mongoose, { Schema, model, Document, Model } from 'mongoose'
 const AutoIncrement = require('mongoose-sequence')(mongoose)
+import { PermissionDetailsResponse } from '../controllers'
+
+interface GetPermissionBy {
+  user?: Schema.Types.ObjectId
+  group?: Schema.Types.ObjectId
+}

 interface IPermissionDocument extends Document {
-  uri: string
+  path: string
+  type: string
  setting: string
  permissionId: number
  user: Schema.Types.ObjectId
@@ -11,10 +18,16 @@ interface IPermissionDocument extends Document {

 interface IPermission extends IPermissionDocument {}

-interface IPermissionModel extends Model<IPermission> {}
+interface IPermissionModel extends Model<IPermission> {
+  get(getBy: GetPermissionBy): Promise<PermissionDetailsResponse[]>
+}

 const permissionSchema = new Schema<IPermissionDocument>({
-  uri: {
+  path: {
+    type: String,
+    required: true
+  },
+  type: {
    type: String,
    required: true
  },
@@ -28,6 +41,30 @@ const permissionSchema = new Schema<IPermissionDocument>({

 permissionSchema.plugin(AutoIncrement, { inc_field: 'permissionId' })

+// Static Methods
+permissionSchema.static('get', async function (getBy: GetPermissionBy): Promise<
+  PermissionDetailsResponse[]
+> {
+  return (await this.find(getBy)
+    .select({
+      _id: 0,
+      permissionId: 1,
+      path: 1,
+      type: 1,
+      setting: 1
+    })
+    .populate({ path: 'user', select: 'id username displayName isAdmin -_id' })
+    .populate({
+      path: 'group',
+      select: 'groupId name description -_id',
+      populate: {
+        path: 'users',
+        select: 'id username displayName isAdmin -_id',
+        options: { limit: 15 }
+      }
+    })) as unknown as PermissionDetailsResponse[]
+})
+
 export const Permission: IPermissionModel = model<
  IPermission,
  IPermissionModel
--- a/api/src/model/User.ts
+++ b/api/src/model/User.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import mongoose, { Schema, model, Document, Model } from 'mongoose'
 const AutoIncrement = require('mongoose-sequence')(mongoose)
 import bcrypt from 'bcryptjs'
+import { AuthProviderType } from '../utils'

 export interface UserPayload {
  /**
@@ -39,9 +40,11 @@ interface IUserDocument extends UserPayload, Document {
  id: number
  isAdmin: boolean
  isActive: boolean
+  needsToUpdatePassword: boolean
  autoExec: string
  groups: Schema.Types.ObjectId[]
  tokens: [{ [key: string]: string }]
+  authProvider?: AuthProviderType
 }

 export interface IUser extends IUserDocument {
@@ -67,6 +70,10 @@ const userSchema = new Schema<IUserDocument>({
    type: String,
    required: true
  },
+  authProvider: {
+    type: String,
+    enum: AuthProviderType
+  },
  isAdmin: {
    type: Boolean,
    default: false
@@ -75,6 +82,10 @@ const userSchema = new Schema<IUserDocument>({
    type: Boolean,
    default: true
  },
+  needsToUpdatePassword: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    default: true
+  },
  autoExec: {
    type: String
  },
--- a/api/src/routes/api/auth.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/auth.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,28 @@ import {
  authenticateRefreshToken
 } from '../../middlewares'

-import { authorizeValidation, tokenValidation } from '../../utils'
+import { tokenValidation, updatePasswordValidation } from '../../utils'
 import { InfoJWT } from '../../types'

 const authRouter = express.Router()
 const controller = new AuthController()

+authRouter.patch(
+  '/updatePassword',
+  authenticateAccessToken,
+  async (req, res) => {
+    const { error, value: body } = updatePasswordValidation(req.body)
+    if (error) return res.status(400).send(error.details[0].message)
+
+    try {
+      await controller.updatePassword(req, body)
+      res.sendStatus(204)
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
+    }
+  }
+)
+
 authRouter.post('/token', async (req, res) => {
  const { error, value: body } = tokenValidation(req.body)
  if (error) return res.status(400).send(error.details[0].message)
--- a/api/src/routes/api/authConfig.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/authConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import express from 'express'
+import { AuthConfigController } from '../../controllers'
+const authConfigRouter = express.Router()
+
+authConfigRouter.get('/', async (req, res) => {
+  const controller = new AuthConfigController()
+  try {
+    const response = controller.getDetail()
+    res.send(response)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    res.status(500).send(err.toString())
+  }
+})
+
+authConfigRouter.post('/synchroniseWithLDAP', async (req, res) => {
+  const controller = new AuthConfigController()
+  try {
+    const response = await controller.synchroniseWithLDAP()
+    res.send(response)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    res.status(500).send(err.toString())
+  }
+})
+
+export default authConfigRouter
--- a/api/src/routes/api/drive.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/drive.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ import {
  extractName,
  fileBodyValidation,
  fileParamValidation,
+  folderBodyValidation,
  folderParamValidation,
-  isZipFile
+  isZipFile,
+  renameBodyValidation
 } from '../../utils'

 const controller = new DriveController()
@@ -119,7 +121,11 @@ driveRouter.get('/file', async (req, res) => {
  try {
    await controller.getFile(req, query._filePath)
  } catch (err: any) {
-    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+    const statusCode = err.code
+
+    delete err.code
+
+    res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
  }
 })

@@ -132,7 +138,11 @@ driveRouter.get('/folder', async (req, res) => {
    const response = await controller.getFolder(query._folderPath)
    res.send(response)
  } catch (err: any) {
-    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+    const statusCode = err.code
+
+    delete err.code
+
+    res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
  }
 })

@@ -145,7 +155,28 @@ driveRouter.delete('/file', async (req, res) => {
    const response = await controller.deleteFile(query._filePath)
    res.send(response)
  } catch (err: any) {
-    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+    const statusCode = err.code
+
+    delete err.code
+
+    res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
+  }
+})
+
+driveRouter.delete('/folder', async (req, res) => {
+  const { error: errQ, value: query } = folderParamValidation(req.query, true)
+
+  if (errQ) return res.status(400).send(errQ.details[0].message)
+
+  try {
+    const response = await controller.deleteFolder(query._folderPath)
+    res.send(response)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    const statusCode = err.code
+
+    delete err.code
+
+    res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
  }
 })

@@ -172,11 +203,33 @@ driveRouter.post(
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
      await deleteFile(req.file.path)
-      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+
+      const statusCode = err.code
+
+      delete err.code
+
+      res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )

+driveRouter.post('/folder', async (req, res) => {
+  const { error, value: body } = folderBodyValidation(req.body)
+
+  if (error) return res.status(400).send(error.details[0].message)
+
+  try {
+    const response = await controller.addFolder(body)
+    res.send(response)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    const statusCode = err.code
+
+    delete err.code
+
+    res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
+  }
+})
+
 driveRouter.patch(
  '/file',
  (...arg) => multerSingle('file', arg),
@@ -200,11 +253,33 @@ driveRouter.patch(
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
      await deleteFile(req.file.path)
-      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+
+      const statusCode = err.code
+
+      delete err.code
+
+      res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )

+driveRouter.post('/rename', async (req, res) => {
+  const { error, value: body } = renameBodyValidation(req.body)
+
+  if (error) return res.status(400).send(error.details[0].message)
+
+  try {
+    const response = await controller.rename(body)
+    res.send(response)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    const statusCode = err.code
+
+    delete err.code
+
+    res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
+  }
+})
+
 driveRouter.get('/fileTree', async (req, res) => {
  try {
    const response = await controller.getFileTree()
--- a/api/src/routes/api/group.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/group.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ groupRouter.post(
      const response = await controller.createGroup(body)
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
-      const statusCode = err.code
-
-      delete err.code
-
-      res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )
@@ -33,11 +29,7 @@ groupRouter.get('/', authenticateAccessToken, async (req, res) => {
    const response = await controller.getAllGroups()
    res.send(response)
  } catch (err: any) {
-    const statusCode = err.code
-
-    delete err.code
-
-    res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
+    res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
  }
 })

@@ -49,11 +41,7 @@ groupRouter.get('/:groupId', authenticateAccessToken, async (req, res) => {
    const response = await controller.getGroup(parseInt(groupId))
    res.send(response)
  } catch (err: any) {
-    const statusCode = err.code
-
-    delete err.code
-
-    res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
+    res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
  }
 })

@@ -71,11 +59,7 @@ groupRouter.get(
      const response = await controller.getGroupByGroupName(name)
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
-      const statusCode = err.code
-
-      delete err.code
-
-      res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )
@@ -95,11 +79,7 @@ groupRouter.post(
      )
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
-      const statusCode = err.code
-
-      delete err.code
-
-      res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )
@@ -119,11 +99,7 @@ groupRouter.delete(
      )
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
-      const statusCode = err.code
-
-      delete err.code
-
-      res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )
@@ -140,11 +116,7 @@ groupRouter.delete(
      await controller.deleteGroup(parseInt(groupId))
      res.status(200).send('Group Deleted!')
    } catch (err: any) {
-      const statusCode = err.code
-
-      delete err.code
-
-      res.status(statusCode).send(err.message)
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )
--- a/api/src/routes/api/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import clientRouter from './client'
 import authRouter from './auth'
 import sessionRouter from './session'
 import permissionRouter from './permission'
+import authConfigRouter from './authConfig'

 const router = express.Router()

@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ router.use(
  permissionRouter
 )

+router.use(
+  '/authConfig',
+  desktopRestrict,
+  authenticateAccessToken,
+  verifyAdmin,
+  authConfigRouter
+)
+
 router.use(
  '/',
  swaggerUi.serve,
--- a/api/src/routes/api/permission.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/permission.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const controller = new PermissionController()

 permissionRouter.get('/', async (req, res) => {
  try {
-    const response = await controller.getAllPermissions()
+    const response = await controller.getAllPermissions(req)
    res.send(response)
  } catch (err: any) {
    const statusCode = err.code
--- a/api/src/routes/api/spec/drive.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/spec/drive.spec.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ import appPromise from '../../../app'
 import {
  UserController,
  PermissionController,
-  PermissionSetting,
+  PermissionType,
+  PermissionSettingForRoute,
  PrincipalType
 } from '../../../controllers/'
 import { getTreeExample } from '../../../controllers/internal'
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ const user = {
  isActive: true
 }

+const permission = {
+  type: PermissionType.route,
+  principalType: PrincipalType.user,
+  setting: PermissionSettingForRoute.grant
+}
+
 describe('drive', () => {
  let app: Express
  let con: Mongoose
@@ -66,28 +73,29 @@ describe('drive', () => {
    const dbUser = await controller.createUser(user)
    accessToken = await generateAndSaveToken(dbUser.id)
    await permissionController.createPermission({
-      uri: '/SASjsApi/drive/deploy',
-      principalType: PrincipalType.user,
-      principalId: dbUser.id,
-      setting: PermissionSetting.grant
+      ...permission,
+      path: '/SASjsApi/drive/deploy',
+      principalId: dbUser.id
    })
    await permissionController.createPermission({
-      uri: '/SASjsApi/drive/deploy/upload',
-      principalType: PrincipalType.user,
-      principalId: dbUser.id,
-      setting: PermissionSetting.grant
+      ...permission,
+      path: '/SASjsApi/drive/deploy/upload',
+      principalId: dbUser.id
    })
    await permissionController.createPermission({
-      uri: '/SASjsApi/drive/file',
-      principalType: PrincipalType.user,
-      principalId: dbUser.id,
-      setting: PermissionSetting.grant
+      ...permission,
+      path: '/SASjsApi/drive/file',
+      principalId: dbUser.id
    })
    await permissionController.createPermission({
-      uri: '/SASjsApi/drive/folder',
-      principalType: PrincipalType.user,
-      principalId: dbUser.id,
-      setting: PermissionSetting.grant
+      ...permission,
+      path: '/SASjsApi/drive/folder',
+      principalId: dbUser.id
+    })
+    await permissionController.createPermission({
+      ...permission,
+      path: '/SASjsApi/drive/rename',
+      principalId: dbUser.id
    })
  })

@@ -543,29 +551,29 @@ describe('drive', () => {
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if folder is not present', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Not Found if folder is not present', async () => {
        const res = await request(app)
          .get(getFolderApi)
          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .query({ _folderPath: `/my/path/code-${generateTimestamp()}` })
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(404)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Error: Folder doesn't exist.`)
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Folder doesn't exist.`)
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if folderPath outside Drive', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Bad Request if folderPath outside Drive', async () => {
        const res = await request(app)
          .get(getFolderApi)
          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .query({ _folderPath: '/../path/code.sas' })
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(400)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: Cannot get folder outside drive.')
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Can't get folder outside drive.`)
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if folderPath is of a file', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Bad Request if folderPath is of a file', async () => {
        const fileToCopyPath = path.join(__dirname, 'files', 'sample.sas')
        const filePath = '/my/path/code.sas'

@@ -576,12 +584,96 @@ describe('drive', () => {
          .get(getFolderApi)
          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .query({ _folderPath: filePath })
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(400)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: Not a Folder.')
+        expect(res.text).toEqual('Not a Folder.')
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })
    })
+
+    describe('post', () => {
+      const folderApi = '/SASjsApi/drive/folder'
+      const pathToDrive = fileUtilModules.getFilesFolder()
+
+      afterEach(async () => {
+        await deleteFolder(path.join(pathToDrive, 'post'))
+      })
+
+      it('should create a folder on drive', async () => {
+        const res = await request(app)
+          .post(folderApi)
+          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+          .send({ folderPath: '/post/folder' })
+
+        expect(res.statusCode).toEqual(200)
+        expect(res.body).toEqual({
+          status: 'success'
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('should respond with Conflict if the folder already exists', async () => {
+        await createFolder(path.join(pathToDrive, '/post/folder'))
+
+        const res = await request(app)
+          .post(folderApi)
+          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+          .send({ folderPath: '/post/folder' })
+          .expect(409)
+
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Folder already exists.`)
+
+        expect(res.statusCode).toEqual(409)
+      })
+
+      it('should respond with Bad Request if the folderPath is outside drive', async () => {
+        const res = await request(app)
+          .post(folderApi)
+          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+          .send({ folderPath: '../sample' })
+          .expect(400)
+
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Can't put folder outside drive.`)
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('delete', () => {
+      const folderApi = '/SASjsApi/drive/folder'
+      const pathToDrive = fileUtilModules.getFilesFolder()
+
+      it('should delete a folder on drive', async () => {
+        await createFolder(path.join(pathToDrive, 'delete'))
+
+        const res = await request(app)
+          .delete(folderApi)
+          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+          .query({ _folderPath: 'delete' })
+
+        expect(res.statusCode).toEqual(200)
+        expect(res.body).toEqual({
+          status: 'success'
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('should respond with Not Found if the folder does not  exists', async () => {
+        const res = await request(app)
+          .delete(folderApi)
+          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+          .query({ _folderPath: 'notExists' })
+          .expect(404)
+
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Folder doesn't exist.`)
+      })
+
+      it('should respond with Bad Request if the folderPath is outside drive', async () => {
+        const res = await request(app)
+          .delete(folderApi)
+          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+          .query({ _folderPath: '../outsideDrive' })
+          .expect(400)
+
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Can't delete folder outside drive.`)
+      })
+    })
  })

  describe('file', () => {
@@ -627,7 +719,7 @@ describe('drive', () => {
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if file is already present', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Conflict if file is already present', async () => {
        const fileToAttachPath = path.join(__dirname, 'files', 'sample.sas')
        const pathToUpload = `/my/path/code-${generateTimestamp()}.sas`

@@ -642,13 +734,13 @@ describe('drive', () => {
          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .field('filePath', pathToUpload)
          .attach('file', fileToAttachPath)
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(409)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: File already exists.')
+        expect(res.text).toEqual('File already exists.')
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if filePath outside Drive', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Bad Request if filePath outside Drive', async () => {
        const fileToAttachPath = path.join(__dirname, 'files', 'sample.sas')
        const pathToUpload = '/../path/code.sas'

@@ -657,9 +749,9 @@ describe('drive', () => {
          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .field('filePath', pathToUpload)
          .attach('file', fileToAttachPath)
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(400)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: Cannot put file outside drive.')
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Can't put file outside drive.`)
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

@@ -794,19 +886,19 @@ describe('drive', () => {
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if file is not present', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Not Found if file is not present', async () => {
        const res = await request(app)
          .patch('/SASjsApi/drive/file')
          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .field('filePath', `/my/path/code-3.sas`)
          .attach('file', path.join(__dirname, 'files', 'sample.sas'))
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(404)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Error: File doesn't exist.`)
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`File doesn't exist.`)
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if filePath outside Drive', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Bad Request if filePath outside Drive', async () => {
        const fileToAttachPath = path.join(__dirname, 'files', 'sample.sas')
        const pathToUpload = '/../path/code.sas'

@@ -815,9 +907,9 @@ describe('drive', () => {
          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .field('filePath', pathToUpload)
          .attach('file', fileToAttachPath)
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(400)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: Cannot modify file outside drive.')
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Can't modify file outside drive.`)
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

@@ -922,25 +1014,25 @@ describe('drive', () => {
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if file is not present', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Not Found if file is not present', async () => {
        const res = await request(app)
          .get('/SASjsApi/drive/file')
          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .query({ _filePath: `/my/path/code-4.sas` })
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(404)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Error: File doesn't exist.`)
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`File doesn't exist.`)
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if filePath outside Drive', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Bad Request if filePath outside Drive', async () => {
        const res = await request(app)
          .get('/SASjsApi/drive/file')
          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .query({ _filePath: '/../path/code.sas' })
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(400)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: Cannot get file outside drive.')
+        expect(res.text).toEqual(`Can't get file outside drive.`)
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

@@ -966,6 +1058,139 @@ describe('drive', () => {
      })
    })
  })
+
+  describe('rename', () => {
+    const renameApi = '/SASjsApi/drive/rename'
+    const pathToDrive = fileUtilModules.getFilesFolder()
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      await deleteFolder(path.join(pathToDrive, 'rename'))
+    })
+
+    it('should rename a folder', async () => {
+      await createFolder(path.join(pathToDrive, 'rename', 'folder'))
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(renameApi)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ oldPath: '/rename/folder', newPath: '/rename/renamed' })
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toEqual(200)
+      expect(res.body).toEqual({
+        status: 'success'
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('should rename a file', async () => {
+      await createFile(
+        path.join(pathToDrive, 'rename', 'file.txt'),
+        'some file content'
+      )
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(renameApi)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({
+          oldPath: '/rename/file.txt',
+          newPath: '/rename/renamed.txt'
+        })
+
+      expect(res.statusCode).toEqual(200)
+      expect(res.body).toEqual({
+        status: 'success'
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if the oldPath is missing', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(renameApi)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ newPath: 'newPath' })
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(`\"oldPath\" is required`)
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if the newPath is missing', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(renameApi)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ oldPath: 'oldPath' })
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(`\"newPath\" is required`)
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if the oldPath is outside drive', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(renameApi)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ oldPath: '../outside', newPath: 'renamed' })
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(`Old path can't be outside of drive.`)
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if the newPath is outside drive', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(renameApi)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ oldPath: 'older', newPath: '../outside' })
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(`New path can't be outside of drive.`)
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Not Found if the folder does not exist', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(renameApi)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ oldPath: '/rename/not exists', newPath: '/rename/renamed' })
+        .expect(404)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('No file/folder found for provided path.')
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Conflict if the folder already exists', async () => {
+      await createFolder(path.join(pathToDrive, 'rename', 'folder'))
+      await createFolder(path.join(pathToDrive, 'rename', 'exists'))
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(renameApi)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ oldPath: '/rename/folder', newPath: '/rename/exists' })
+        .expect(409)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('Folder with new name already exists.')
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Not Found if the file does not exist', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(renameApi)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ oldPath: '/rename/file.txt', newPath: '/rename/renamed.txt' })
+        .expect(404)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('No file/folder found for provided path.')
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Conflict if the file already exists', async () => {
+      await createFile(
+        path.join(pathToDrive, 'rename', 'file.txt'),
+        'some file content'
+      )
+      await createFile(
+        path.join(pathToDrive, 'rename', 'exists.txt'),
+        'some existing content'
+      )
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(renameApi)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ oldPath: '/rename/file.txt', newPath: '/rename/exists.txt' })
+        .expect(409)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('File with new name already exists.')
+    })
+  })
 })

 const getExampleService = (): ServiceMember =>
--- a/api/src/routes/api/spec/group.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/spec/group.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ import { MongoMemoryServer } from 'mongodb-memory-server'
 import request from 'supertest'
 import appPromise from '../../../app'
 import { UserController, GroupController } from '../../../controllers/'
-import { generateAccessToken, saveTokensInDB } from '../../../utils'
+import {
+  generateAccessToken,
+  saveTokensInDB,
+  AuthProviderType
+} from '../../../utils'
+import Group, { PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME } from '../../../model/Group'
+import User from '../../../model/User'

 const clientId = 'someclientID'
 const adminUser = {
@@ -27,6 +33,12 @@ const group = {
  description: 'DC group for testing purposes.'
 }

+const PUBLIC_GROUP = {
+  name: PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME,
+  description:
+    'A special group that can be used to bypass authentication for particular routes.'
+}
+
 const userController = new UserController()
 const groupController = new GroupController()

@@ -535,6 +547,64 @@ describe('group', () => {
      expect(res.text).toEqual('User not found.')
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })
+
+    it('should respond with Bad Request when adding user to Public group', async () => {
+      const dbGroup = await groupController.createGroup(PUBLIC_GROUP)
+      const dbUser = await userController.createUser({
+        ...user,
+        username: 'publicUser'
+      })
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(`/SASjsApi/group/${dbGroup.groupId}/${dbUser.id}`)
+        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send()
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(
+        `Can't add/remove user to '${PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME}' group.`
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Method Not Allowed if group is created by an external authProvider', async () => {
+      const dbGroup = await Group.create({
+        ...group,
+        authProvider: AuthProviderType.LDAP
+      })
+      const dbUser = await userController.createUser({
+        ...user,
+        username: 'ldapGroupUser'
+      })
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(`/SASjsApi/group/${dbGroup.groupId}/${dbUser.id}`)
+        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send()
+        .expect(405)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(
+        `Can't add/remove user to group created by external auth provider.`
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Method Not Allowed if user is created by an external authProvider', async () => {
+      const dbGroup = await groupController.createGroup(group)
+      const dbUser = await User.create({
+        ...user,
+        username: 'ldapUser',
+        authProvider: AuthProviderType.LDAP
+      })
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post(`/SASjsApi/group/${dbGroup.groupId}/${dbUser.id}`)
+        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send()
+        .expect(405)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(
+        `Can't add/remove user to group created by external auth provider.`
+      )
+    })
  })

  describe('RemoveUser', () => {
@@ -586,6 +656,46 @@ describe('group', () => {
      expect(res.body.groups).toEqual([])
    })

+    it('should respond with Method Not Allowed if group is created by an external authProvider', async () => {
+      const dbGroup = await Group.create({
+        ...group,
+        authProvider: AuthProviderType.LDAP
+      })
+      const dbUser = await userController.createUser({
+        ...user,
+        username: 'removeLdapGroupUser'
+      })
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .delete(`/SASjsApi/group/${dbGroup.groupId}/${dbUser.id}`)
+        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send()
+        .expect(405)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(
+        `Can't add/remove user to group created by external auth provider.`
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Method Not Allowed if user is created by an external authProvider', async () => {
+      const dbGroup = await groupController.createGroup(group)
+      const dbUser = await User.create({
+        ...user,
+        username: 'removeLdapUser',
+        authProvider: AuthProviderType.LDAP
+      })
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .delete(`/SASjsApi/group/${dbGroup.groupId}/${dbUser.id}`)
+        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send()
+        .expect(405)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(
+        `Can't add/remove user to group created by external auth provider.`
+      )
+    })
+
    it('should respond with Unauthorized if access token is not present', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .delete('/SASjsApi/group/123/123')
--- a/api/src/routes/api/spec/permission.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/spec/permission.spec.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import {
  DriveController,
  UserController,
  GroupController,
-  ClientController,
  PermissionController,
  PrincipalType,
-  PermissionSetting
+  PermissionType,
+  PermissionSettingForRoute
 } from '../../../controllers/'
 import {
  UserDetailsResponse,
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ const user = {
 }

 const permission = {
-  uri: '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
-  setting: PermissionSetting.grant,
-  principalType: PrincipalType.user,
-  principalId: 123
+  path: '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
+  type: PermissionType.route,
+  setting: PermissionSettingForRoute.grant,
+  principalType: PrincipalType.user
 }

 const group = {
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ const group = {

 const userController = new UserController()
 const groupController = new GroupController()
-const clientController = new ClientController()
 const permissionController = new PermissionController()

 describe('permission', () => {
@@ -108,7 +107,8 @@ describe('permission', () => {
        .expect(200)

      expect(res.body.permissionId).toBeTruthy()
-      expect(res.body.uri).toEqual(permission.uri)
+      expect(res.body.path).toEqual(permission.path)
+      expect(res.body.type).toEqual(permission.type)
      expect(res.body.setting).toEqual(permission.setting)
      expect(res.body.user).toBeTruthy()
    })
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ describe('permission', () => {
        .expect(200)

      expect(res.body.permissionId).toBeTruthy()
-      expect(res.body.uri).toEqual(permission.uri)
+      expect(res.body.path).toEqual(permission.path)
+      expect(res.body.type).toEqual(permission.type)
      expect(res.body.setting).toEqual(permission.setting)
      expect(res.body.group).toBeTruthy()
    })
@@ -142,53 +143,74 @@ describe('permission', () => {
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with Unauthorized if access token is not of an admin account even if user has permission', async () => {
+    it('should respond with Unauthorized if access token is not of an admin account', async () => {
      const accessToken = await generateAndSaveToken(dbUser.id)

-      await permissionController.createPermission({
-        uri: '/SASjsApi/permission',
-        principalType: PrincipalType.user,
-        principalId: dbUser.id,
-        setting: PermissionSetting.grant
-      })
-
      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-        .send()
+        .send(permission)
        .expect(401)

      expect(res.text).toEqual('Admin account required')
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with Bad Request if uri is missing', async () => {
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if path is missing', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send({
          ...permission,
-          uri: undefined
+          path: undefined
        })
        .expect(400)

-      expect(res.text).toEqual(`"uri" is required`)
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(`"path" is required`)
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with Bad Request if uri is not valid', async () => {
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if path is not valid', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send({
          ...permission,
-          uri: '/some/random/api/endpoint'
+          path: '/some/random/api/endpoint'
        })
        .expect(400)

      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

+    it('should respond with Bad Request if type is not valid', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
+        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({
+          ...permission,
+          type: 'invalid'
+        })
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('"type" must be [Route]')
+      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if type is missing', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
+        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({
+          ...permission,
+          type: undefined
+        })
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(`"type" is required`)
+      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
+    })
+
    it('should respond with Bad Request if setting is missing', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
@@ -203,6 +225,20 @@ describe('permission', () => {
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

+    it('should respond with Bad Request if setting is not valid', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
+        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({
+          ...permission,
+          setting: 'invalid'
+        })
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('"setting" must be one of [Grant, Deny]')
+      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
+    })
+
    it('should respond with Bad Request if principalType is missing', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
@@ -217,20 +253,6 @@ describe('permission', () => {
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with Bad Request if principalId is missing', async () => {
-      const res = await request(app)
-        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
-        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-        .send({
-          ...permission,
-          principalId: undefined
-        })
-        .expect(400)
-
-      expect(res.text).toEqual(`"principalId" is required`)
-      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
-    })
-
    it('should respond with Bad Request if principal type is not valid', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
@@ -245,17 +267,17 @@ describe('permission', () => {
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with Bad Request if setting is not valid', async () => {
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if principalId is missing', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send({
          ...permission,
-          setting: 'invalid'
+          principalId: undefined
        })
        .expect(400)

-      expect(res.text).toEqual('"setting" must be one of [Grant, Deny]')
+      expect(res.text).toEqual(`"principalId" is required`)
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

@@ -313,7 +335,8 @@ describe('permission', () => {
        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send({
          ...permission,
-          principalType: 'group'
+          principalType: 'group',
+          principalId: 123
        })
        .expect(404)

@@ -334,7 +357,7 @@ describe('permission', () => {
        .expect(409)

      expect(res.text).toEqual(
-        'Permission already exists with provided URI and User.'
+        'Permission already exists with provided Path, Type and User.'
      )
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })
@@ -357,7 +380,7 @@ describe('permission', () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .patch(`/SASjsApi/permission/${dbPermission?.permissionId}`)
        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-        .send({ setting: 'Deny' })
+        .send({ setting: PermissionSettingForRoute.deny })
        .expect(200)

      expect(res.body.setting).toEqual('Deny')
@@ -366,7 +389,7 @@ describe('permission', () => {
    it('should respond with Unauthorized if access token is not present', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .patch(`/SASjsApi/permission/${dbPermission?.permissionId}`)
-        .send(permission)
+        .send()
        .expect(401)

      expect(res.text).toEqual('Unauthorized')
@@ -400,12 +423,11 @@ describe('permission', () => {
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with Bad Request if setting is not valid', async () => {
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if setting is  invalid', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
-        .post('/SASjsApi/permission')
+        .patch(`/SASjsApi/permission/${dbPermission?.permissionId}`)
        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send({
-          ...permission,
          setting: 'invalid'
        })
        .expect(400)
@@ -414,12 +436,12 @@ describe('permission', () => {
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with not found (404) if permission with provided id does not exists', async () => {
+    it('should respond with not found (404) if permission with provided id does not exist', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .patch('/SASjsApi/permission/123')
        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send({
-          setting: PermissionSetting.deny
+          setting: PermissionSettingForRoute.deny
        })
        .expect(404)

@@ -458,12 +480,12 @@ describe('permission', () => {
    beforeAll(async () => {
      await permissionController.createPermission({
        ...permission,
-        uri: '/test-1',
+        path: '/test-1',
        principalId: dbUser.id
      })
      await permissionController.createPermission({
        ...permission,
-        uri: '/test-2',
+        path: '/test-2',
        principalId: dbUser.id
      })
    })
@@ -478,34 +500,37 @@ describe('permission', () => {
      expect(res.body).toHaveLength(2)
    })

-    it('should give a list of all permissions when user is not admin', async () => {
-      const dbUser = await userController.createUser({
+    it(`should give a list of user's own  permissions when user is not admin`, async () => {
+      const nonAdminUser = await userController.createUser({
        ...user,
        username: 'get' + user.username
      })
-      const accessToken = await generateAndSaveToken(dbUser.id)
+      const accessToken = await generateAndSaveToken(nonAdminUser.id)
      await permissionController.createPermission({
-        uri: '/SASjsApi/permission',
+        path: '/test-1',
+        type: PermissionType.route,
        principalType: PrincipalType.user,
-        principalId: dbUser.id,
-        setting: PermissionSetting.grant
+        principalId: nonAdminUser.id,
+        setting: PermissionSettingForRoute.grant
      })

+      const permissionCount = 1
+
      const res = await request(app)
        .get('/SASjsApi/permission/')
        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send()
        .expect(200)

-      expect(res.body).toHaveLength(3)
+      expect(res.body).toHaveLength(permissionCount)
    })
  })

-  describe.only('verify', () => {
+  describe('verify', () => {
    beforeAll(async () => {
      await permissionController.createPermission({
        ...permission,
-        uri: '/SASjsApi/drive/deploy',
+        path: '/SASjsApi/drive/deploy',
        principalId: dbUser.id
      })
    })
--- a/api/src/routes/api/spec/stp.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/spec/stp.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import appPromise from '../../../app'
 import {
  UserController,
  PermissionController,
-  PermissionSetting,
+  PermissionType,
+  PermissionSettingForRoute,
  PrincipalType
 } from '../../../controllers/'
 import {
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ import {
 } from '../../../utils'
 import { createFile, generateTimestamp, deleteFolder } from '@sasjs/utils'
 import {
-  SASSessionController,
-  JSSessionController
+  SessionController,
+  SASSessionController
 } from '../../../controllers/internal'
 import * as ProcessProgramModule from '../../../controllers/internal/processProgram'
 import { Session } from '../../../types'
@@ -38,14 +39,17 @@ const user = {

 const sampleSasProgram = '%put hello world!;'
 const sampleJsProgram = `console.log('hello world!/')`
+const samplePyProgram = `print('hello world!/')`

 const filesFolder = getFilesFolder()
+const testFilesFolder = `test-stp-${generateTimestamp()}`
+
+let app: Express
+let accessToken: string

 describe('stp', () => {
-  let app: Express
  let con: Mongoose
  let mongoServer: MongoMemoryServer
-  let accessToken: string
  const userController = new UserController()
  const permissionController = new PermissionController()

@@ -56,10 +60,11 @@ describe('stp', () => {
    const dbUser = await userController.createUser(user)
    accessToken = await generateAndSaveToken(dbUser.id)
    await permissionController.createPermission({
-      uri: '/SASjsApi/stp/execute',
+      path: '/SASjsApi/stp/execute',
+      type: PermissionType.route,
      principalType: PrincipalType.user,
      principalId: dbUser.id,
-      setting: PermissionSetting.grant
+      setting: PermissionSettingForRoute.grant
    })
  })

@@ -70,8 +75,6 @@ describe('stp', () => {
  })

  describe('execute', () => {
-    const testFilesFolder = `test-stp-${generateTimestamp()}`
-
    describe('get', () => {
      describe('with runtime js', () => {
        const testFilesFolder = `test-stp-${generateTimestamp()}`
@@ -91,41 +94,45 @@ describe('stp', () => {
        })

        it('should execute js program when both js and sas program are present', async () => {
-          const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
-          const sasProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.sas`)
-          const jsProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.js`)
-          await createFile(sasProgramPath, sampleSasProgram)
-          await createFile(jsProgramPath, sampleJsProgram)
-
-          await request(app)
-            .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
-            .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-            .send()
-            .expect(200)
-
-          expect(ProcessProgramModule.processProgram).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            RunTimeType.JS,
-            expect.anything(),
-            undefined
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.JS, RunTimeType.SAS],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.JS
          )
        })

        it('should throw error when js program is not present but sas program exists', async () => {
-          const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
-          const sasProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.sas`)
-          await createFile(sasProgramPath, sampleSasProgram)
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([], 400)
+        })
+      })

-          await request(app)
-            .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
-            .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-            .send()
-            .expect(400)
+      describe('with runtime py', () => {
+        const testFilesFolder = `test-stp-${generateTimestamp()}`
+
+        beforeAll(() => {
+          process.runTimes = [RunTimeType.PY]
+        })
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          jest.resetModules() // it clears the cache
+          setupMocks()
+        })
+
+        afterEach(async () => {
+          jest.resetAllMocks()
+          await deleteFolder(path.join(filesFolder, testFilesFolder))
+        })
+
+        it('should execute python program when python, js and sas programs are present', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.PY, RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.JS],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.PY
+          )
+        })
+
+        it('should throw error when py program is not present but js or sas program exists', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([], 400)
        })
      })

@@ -145,41 +152,11 @@ describe('stp', () => {
        })

        it('should execute sas program when both sas and js programs are present', async () => {
-          const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
-          const sasProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.sas`)
-          const jsProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.js`)
-          await createFile(sasProgramPath, sampleSasProgram)
-          await createFile(jsProgramPath, sampleJsProgram)
-
-          await request(app)
-            .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
-            .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-            .send()
-            .expect(200)
-
-          expect(ProcessProgramModule.processProgram).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            RunTimeType.SAS,
-            expect.anything(),
-            undefined
-          )
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([RunTimeType.SAS], 200, RunTimeType.SAS)
        })

        it('should throw error when sas program do not exit but js exists', async () => {
-          const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
-          const jsProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.js`)
-          await createFile(jsProgramPath, sampleJsProgram)
-
-          await request(app)
-            .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
-            .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-            .send()
-            .expect(400)
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([], 400)
        })
      })

@@ -199,63 +176,51 @@ describe('stp', () => {
        })

        it('should execute js program when both js and sas program are present', async () => {
-          const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
-          const sasProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.sas`)
-          const jsProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.js`)
-          await createFile(sasProgramPath, sampleSasProgram)
-          await createFile(jsProgramPath, sampleJsProgram)
-
-          await request(app)
-            .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
-            .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-            .send()
-            .expect(200)
-
-          expect(ProcessProgramModule.processProgram).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            RunTimeType.JS,
-            expect.anything(),
-            undefined
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.JS],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.JS
          )
        })

        it('should execute sas program when js program is not present but sas program exists', async () => {
-          const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
-          const sasProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.sas`)
-          await createFile(sasProgramPath, sampleSasProgram)
-
-          await request(app)
-            .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
-            .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-            .send()
-            .expect(200)
-
-          expect(ProcessProgramModule.processProgram).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            RunTimeType.SAS,
-            expect.anything(),
-            undefined
-          )
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([RunTimeType.SAS], 200, RunTimeType.SAS)
        })

        it('should throw error when both sas and js programs do not exist', async () => {
-          const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([], 400)
+        })
+      })

-          await request(app)
-            .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
-            .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-            .send()
-            .expect(400)
+      describe('with runtime py and sas', () => {
+        beforeAll(() => {
+          process.runTimes = [RunTimeType.PY, RunTimeType.SAS]
+        })
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          jest.resetModules() // it clears the cache
+          setupMocks()
+        })
+
+        afterEach(async () => {
+          jest.resetAllMocks()
+          await deleteFolder(path.join(filesFolder, testFilesFolder))
+        })
+
+        it('should execute python program when both python and sas program are present', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.PY, RunTimeType.SAS],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.PY
+          )
+        })
+
+        it('should execute sas program when python program is not present but sas program exists', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([RunTimeType.SAS], 200, RunTimeType.SAS)
+        })
+
+        it('should throw error when both sas and js programs do not exist', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([], 400)
        })
      })

@@ -275,76 +240,220 @@ describe('stp', () => {
        })

        it('should execute sas program when both sas and js programs  exist', async () => {
-          const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
-          const sasProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.sas`)
-          const jsProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.js`)
-          await createFile(sasProgramPath, sampleSasProgram)
-          await createFile(jsProgramPath, sampleJsProgram)
-
-          await request(app)
-            .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
-            .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-            .send()
-            .expect(200)
-
-          expect(ProcessProgramModule.processProgram).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            RunTimeType.SAS,
-            expect.anything(),
-            undefined
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.JS],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.SAS
          )
        })

        it('should execute js program when sas program is not present but js program exists', async () => {
-          const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
-          const jsProgramPath = path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.js`)
-          await createFile(jsProgramPath, sampleJsProgram)
-
-          await request(app)
-            .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
-            .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-            .send()
-            .expect(200)
-
-          expect(ProcessProgramModule.processProgram).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            expect.anything(),
-            RunTimeType.JS,
-            expect.anything(),
-            undefined
-          )
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([RunTimeType.JS], 200, RunTimeType.JS)
        })

        it('should throw error when both sas and js programs do not exist', async () => {
-          const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([], 400)
+        })
+      })

-          await request(app)
-            .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
-            .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
-            .send()
-            .expect(400)
+      describe('with runtime sas and py', () => {
+        beforeAll(() => {
+          process.runTimes = [RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.PY]
+        })
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          jest.resetModules() // it clears the cache
+          setupMocks()
+        })
+
+        afterEach(async () => {
+          jest.resetAllMocks()
+          await deleteFolder(path.join(filesFolder, testFilesFolder))
+        })
+
+        it('should execute sas program when both sas and python programs exist', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.PY],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.SAS
+          )
+        })
+
+        it('should execute python program when sas program is not present but python program exists', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([RunTimeType.PY], 200, RunTimeType.PY)
+        })
+
+        it('should throw error when both sas and python programs do not exist', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([], 400)
+        })
+      })
+
+      describe('with runtime sas, js and py', () => {
+        beforeAll(() => {
+          process.runTimes = [RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.JS, RunTimeType.PY]
+        })
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          jest.resetModules() // it clears the cache
+          setupMocks()
+        })
+
+        afterEach(async () => {
+          jest.resetAllMocks()
+          await deleteFolder(path.join(filesFolder, testFilesFolder))
+        })
+
+        it('should execute sas program when it exists, no matter js and python programs exist or not', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.PY, RunTimeType.JS],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.SAS
+          )
+        })
+
+        it('should execute js program when sas program is absent but js and python programs are present', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.JS, RunTimeType.PY],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.JS
+          )
+        })
+
+        it('should execute python program when both sas and js programs are not present', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([RunTimeType.PY], 200, RunTimeType.PY)
+        })
+
+        it('should throw error when no program exists', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([], 400)
+        })
+      })
+
+      describe('with runtime js, sas and py', () => {
+        beforeAll(() => {
+          process.runTimes = [RunTimeType.JS, RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.PY]
+        })
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          jest.resetModules() // it clears the cache
+          setupMocks()
+        })
+
+        afterEach(async () => {
+          jest.resetAllMocks()
+          await deleteFolder(path.join(filesFolder, testFilesFolder))
+        })
+
+        it('should execute js program when it exists, no matter sas and python programs exist or not', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.JS, RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.PY],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.JS
+          )
+        })
+
+        it('should execute sas program when js program is absent but sas and python programs are present', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.PY],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.SAS
+          )
+        })
+
+        it('should execute python program when both sas and js programs are not present', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([RunTimeType.PY], 200, RunTimeType.PY)
+        })
+
+        it('should throw error when no program exists', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([], 400)
+        })
+      })
+
+      describe('with runtime py, sas and js', () => {
+        beforeAll(() => {
+          process.runTimes = [RunTimeType.PY, RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.JS]
+        })
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          jest.resetModules() // it clears the cache
+          setupMocks()
+        })
+
+        afterEach(async () => {
+          jest.resetAllMocks()
+          await deleteFolder(path.join(filesFolder, testFilesFolder))
+        })
+
+        it('should execute python program when it exists, no matter sas and js programs exist or not', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.PY, RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.JS],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.PY
+          )
+        })
+
+        it('should execute sas program when python program is absent but sas and js programs are present', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert(
+            [RunTimeType.SAS, RunTimeType.JS],
+            200,
+            RunTimeType.SAS
+          )
+        })
+
+        it('should execute js program when both sas and python programs are not present', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([RunTimeType.JS], 200, RunTimeType.JS)
+        })
+
+        it('should throw error when no program exists', async () => {
+          await makeRequestAndAssert([], 400)
        })
      })
    })
  })
 })

-const generateSaveTokenAndCreateUser = async (
-  someUser: any
-): Promise<string> => {
-  const userController = new UserController()
-  const dbUser = await userController.createUser(someUser)
+const makeRequestAndAssert = async (
+  programTypes: RunTimeType[],
+  expectedStatusCode: number,
+  expectedRuntime?: RunTimeType
+) => {
+  const programPath = path.join(testFilesFolder, 'program')
+  for (const programType of programTypes) {
+    if (programType === RunTimeType.JS)
+      await createFile(
+        path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.js`),
+        sampleJsProgram
+      )
+    else if (programType === RunTimeType.PY)
+      await createFile(
+        path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.py`),
+        samplePyProgram
+      )
+    else if (programType === RunTimeType.SAS)
+      await createFile(
+        path.join(filesFolder, `${programPath}.sas`),
+        sampleSasProgram
+      )
+  }

-  return generateAndSaveToken(dbUser.id)
+  await request(app)
+    .get(`/SASjsApi/stp/execute?_program=${programPath}`)
+    .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+    .send()
+    .expect(expectedStatusCode)
+
+  if (expectedRuntime)
+    expect(ProcessProgramModule.processProgram).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.anything(),
+      expect.anything(),
+      expect.anything(),
+      expect.anything(),
+      expect.anything(),
+      expect.anything(),
+      expect.anything(),
+      expectedRuntime,
+      expect.anything(),
+      undefined
+    )
 }

 const generateAndSaveToken = async (userId: number) => {
@@ -362,7 +471,7 @@ const setupMocks = async () => {
    .mockImplementation(mockedGetSession)

  jest
-    .spyOn(JSSessionController.prototype, 'getSession')
+    .spyOn(SASSessionController.prototype, 'getSession')
    .mockImplementation(mockedGetSession)

  jest
--- a/api/src/routes/api/spec/user.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/spec/user.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ import { MongoMemoryServer } from 'mongodb-memory-server'
 import request from 'supertest'
 import appPromise from '../../../app'
 import { UserController, GroupController } from '../../../controllers/'
-import { generateAccessToken, saveTokensInDB } from '../../../utils'
+import {
+  generateAccessToken,
+  saveTokensInDB,
+  AuthProviderType
+} from '../../../utils'
+import User from '../../../model/User'

 const clientId = 'someclientID'
 const adminUser = {
@@ -110,16 +115,16 @@ describe('user', () => {
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with Forbidden if username is already present', async () => {
+    it('should respond with Conflict if username is already present', async () => {
      await controller.createUser(user)

      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASjsApi/user')
        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send(user)
-        .expect(403)
+        .expect(409)

-      expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: Username already exists.')
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('Username already exists.')
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

@@ -226,6 +231,36 @@ describe('user', () => {
        .expect(400)
    })

+    it('should respond with Method Not Allowed, when updating username of user created by an external auth provider', async () => {
+      const dbUser = await User.create({
+        ...user,
+        authProvider: AuthProviderType.LDAP
+      })
+      const accessToken = await generateAndSaveToken(dbUser!.id)
+      const newUsername = 'newUsername'
+
+      await request(app)
+        .patch(`/SASjsApi/user/${dbUser!.id}`)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ username: newUsername })
+        .expect(405)
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Method Not Allowed, when updating displayName of user created by an external auth provider', async () => {
+      const dbUser = await User.create({
+        ...user,
+        authProvider: AuthProviderType.LDAP
+      })
+      const accessToken = await generateAndSaveToken(dbUser!.id)
+      const newDisplayName = 'My new display Name'
+
+      await request(app)
+        .patch(`/SASjsApi/user/${dbUser!.id}`)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ displayName: newDisplayName })
+        .expect(405)
+    })
+
    it('should respond with Unauthorized if access token is not present', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .patch('/SASjsApi/user/1234')
@@ -254,7 +289,7 @@ describe('user', () => {
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with Forbidden if username is already present', async () => {
+    it('should respond with Conflict if username is already present', async () => {
      const dbUser1 = await controller.createUser(user)
      const dbUser2 = await controller.createUser({
        ...user,
@@ -265,9 +300,9 @@ describe('user', () => {
        .patch(`/SASjsApi/user/${dbUser1.id}`)
        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send({ username: dbUser2.username })
-        .expect(403)
+        .expect(409)

-      expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: Username already exists.')
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('Username already exists.')
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

@@ -349,7 +384,7 @@ describe('user', () => {
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if username is already present', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Conflict if username is already present', async () => {
        const dbUser1 = await controller.createUser(user)
        const dbUser2 = await controller.createUser({
          ...user,
@@ -360,9 +395,9 @@ describe('user', () => {
          .patch(`/SASjsApi/user/by/username/${dbUser1.username}`)
          .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .send({ username: dbUser2.username })
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(409)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: Username already exists.')
+        expect(res.text).toEqual('Username already exists.')
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })
    })
@@ -446,7 +481,7 @@ describe('user', () => {
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with Forbidden when user himself requests and password is incorrect', async () => {
+    it('should respond with Unauthorized when user himself requests and password is incorrect', async () => {
      const dbUser = await controller.createUser(user)
      const accessToken = await generateAndSaveToken(dbUser.id)

@@ -454,9 +489,9 @@ describe('user', () => {
        .delete(`/SASjsApi/user/${dbUser.id}`)
        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send({ password: 'incorrectpassword' })
-        .expect(403)
+        .expect(401)

-      expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: Invalid password.')
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('Invalid password.')
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

@@ -528,7 +563,7 @@ describe('user', () => {
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden when user himself requests and password is incorrect', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Unauthorized when user himself requests and password is incorrect', async () => {
        const dbUser = await controller.createUser(user)
        const accessToken = await generateAndSaveToken(dbUser.id)

@@ -536,9 +571,9 @@ describe('user', () => {
          .delete(`/SASjsApi/user/by/username/${dbUser.username}`)
          .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .send({ password: 'incorrectpassword' })
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(401)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: Invalid password.')
+        expect(res.text).toEqual('Invalid password.')
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })
    })
@@ -652,16 +687,16 @@ describe('user', () => {
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

-    it('should respond with Forbidden if userId is incorrect', async () => {
+    it('should respond with Not Found if userId is incorrect', async () => {
      await controller.createUser(user)

      const res = await request(app)
        .get('/SASjsApi/user/1234')
        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
        .send()
-        .expect(403)
+        .expect(404)

-      expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: User is not found.')
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('User is not found.')
      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
    })

@@ -731,16 +766,16 @@ describe('user', () => {
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })

-      it('should respond with Forbidden if username is incorrect', async () => {
+      it('should respond with Not Found if username is incorrect', async () => {
        await controller.createUser(user)

        const res = await request(app)
          .get('/SASjsApi/user/by/username/randomUsername')
          .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
          .send()
-          .expect(403)
+          .expect(404)

-        expect(res.text).toEqual('Error: User is not found.')
+        expect(res.text).toEqual('User is not found.')
        expect(res.body).toEqual({})
      })
    })
--- a/api/src/routes/api/spec/web.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/spec/web.spec.ts
@@ -39,21 +39,19 @@ describe('web', () => {

  describe('home', () => {
    it('should respond with CSRF Token', async () => {
-      await request(app)
-        .get('/')
-        .expect(
-          'set-cookie',
-          /_csrf=.*; Max-Age=86400000; Path=\/; HttpOnly,XSRF-TOKEN=.*; Path=\//
-        )
+      const res = await request(app).get('/').expect(200)
+
+      expect(res.text).toMatch(
+        /<script>document.cookie = '(XSRF-TOKEN=.*; Max-Age=86400; SameSite=Strict; Path=\/;)'<\/script>/
+      )
    })
  })

  describe('SASLogon/login', () => {
    let csrfToken: string
-    let cookies: string

    beforeAll(async () => {
-      ;({ csrfToken, cookies } = await getCSRF(app))
+      ;({ csrfToken } = await getCSRF(app))
    })

    afterEach(async () => {
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ describe('web', () => {

      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASLogon/login')
-        .set('Cookie', cookies)
        .set('x-xsrf-token', csrfToken)
        .send({
          username: user.username,
@@ -80,18 +77,49 @@ describe('web', () => {
        id: expect.any(Number),
        username: user.username,
        displayName: user.displayName,
-        isAdmin: user.isAdmin
+        isAdmin: user.isAdmin,
+        needsToUpdatePassword: true
      })
    })
+
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if CSRF Token is not present', async () => {
+      await userController.createUser(user)
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/SASLogon/login')
+        .send({
+          username: user.username,
+          password: user.password
+        })
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('Invalid CSRF token!')
+      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with Bad Request if CSRF Token is invalid', async () => {
+      await userController.createUser(user)
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/SASLogon/login')
+        .set('x-xsrf-token', 'INVALID_CSRF_TOKEN')
+        .send({
+          username: user.username,
+          password: user.password
+        })
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('Invalid CSRF token!')
+      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
+    })
  })

  describe('SASLogon/authorize', () => {
    let csrfToken: string
-    let cookies: string
    let authCookies: string

    beforeAll(async () => {
-      ;({ csrfToken, cookies } = await getCSRF(app))
+      ;({ csrfToken } = await getCSRF(app))

      await userController.createUser(user)

@@ -100,12 +128,7 @@ describe('web', () => {
        password: user.password
      }

-      ;({ cookies: authCookies } = await performLogin(
-        app,
-        credentials,
-        cookies,
-        csrfToken
-      ))
+      ;({ authCookies } = await performLogin(app, credentials, csrfToken))
    })

    afterAll(async () => {
@@ -117,17 +140,28 @@ describe('web', () => {
    it('should respond with authorization code', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASLogon/authorize')
-        .set('Cookie', [authCookies, cookies].join('; '))
+        .set('Cookie', [authCookies].join('; '))
        .set('x-xsrf-token', csrfToken)
        .send({ clientId })

      expect(res.body).toHaveProperty('code')
    })

+    it('should respond with Bad Request if CSRF Token is missing', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/SASLogon/authorize')
+        .set('Cookie', [authCookies].join('; '))
+        .send({ clientId })
+        .expect(400)
+
+      expect(res.text).toEqual('Invalid CSRF token!')
+      expect(res.body).toEqual({})
+    })
+
    it('should respond with Bad Request if clientId is missing', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASLogon/authorize')
-        .set('Cookie', [authCookies, cookies].join('; '))
+        .set('Cookie', [authCookies].join('; '))
        .set('x-xsrf-token', csrfToken)
        .send({})
        .expect(400)
@@ -139,7 +173,7 @@ describe('web', () => {
    it('should respond with Forbidden if clientId is incorrect', async () => {
      const res = await request(app)
        .post('/SASLogon/authorize')
-        .set('Cookie', [authCookies, cookies].join('; '))
+        .set('Cookie', [authCookies].join('; '))
        .set('x-xsrf-token', csrfToken)
        .send({
          clientId: 'WrongClientID'
@@ -154,30 +188,25 @@ describe('web', () => {

 const getCSRF = async (app: Express) => {
  // make request to get CSRF
-  const { header } = await request(app).get('/')
-  const cookies = header['set-cookie'].join()
+  const { text } = await request(app).get('/')

-  const csrfToken = extractCSRF(cookies)
-  return { csrfToken, cookies }
+  return { csrfToken: extractCSRF(text) }
 }

 const performLogin = async (
  app: Express,
  credentials: { username: string; password: string },
-  cookies: string,
  csrfToken: string
 ) => {
  const { header } = await request(app)
    .post('/SASLogon/login')
-    .set('Cookie', cookies)
    .set('x-xsrf-token', csrfToken)
    .send(credentials)

-  const newCookies: string = header['set-cookie'].join()
-  return { cookies: newCookies }
+  return { authCookies: header['set-cookie'].join() }
 }

-const extractCSRF = (cookies: string) =>
-  /_csrf=(.*); Max-Age=86400000; Path=\/; HttpOnly,XSRF-TOKEN=(.*); Path=\//.exec(
-    cookies
-  )![2]
+const extractCSRF = (text: string) =>
+  /<script>document.cookie = 'XSRF-TOKEN=(.*); Max-Age=86400; SameSite=Strict; Path=\/;'<\/script>/.exec(
+    text
+  )![1]
--- a/api/src/routes/api/stp.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/stp.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stpRouter.get('/execute', async (req, res) => {
  if (error) return res.status(400).send(error.details[0].message)

  try {
-    const response = await controller.executeReturnRaw(req, query._program)
+    const response = await controller.executeGetRequest(req, query._program)

    if (response instanceof Buffer) {
      res.writeHead(200, (req as any).sasHeaders)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stpRouter.post(
    // if (errQ && errB) return res.status(400).send(errB.details[0].message)

    try {
-      const response = await controller.executeReturnJson(
+      const response = await controller.executePostRequest(
        req,
        req.body,
        req.query?._program as string
--- a/api/src/routes/api/user.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/user.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ userRouter.post('/', authenticateAccessToken, verifyAdmin, async (req, res) => {
    const response = await controller.createUser(body)
    res.send(response)
  } catch (err: any) {
-    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+    res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
  }
 })

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ userRouter.get('/', authenticateAccessToken, async (req, res) => {
    const response = await controller.getAllUsers()
    res.send(response)
  } catch (err: any) {
-    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+    res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
  }
 })

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ userRouter.get(
      const response = await controller.getUserByUsername(req, username)
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
-      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ userRouter.get('/:userId', authenticateAccessToken, async (req, res) => {
    const response = await controller.getUser(req, parseInt(userId))
    res.send(response)
  } catch (err: any) {
-    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+    res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
  }
 })

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ userRouter.patch(
      const response = await controller.updateUserByUsername(username, body)
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
-      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ userRouter.patch(
      const response = await controller.updateUser(parseInt(userId), body)
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
-      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ userRouter.delete(
      await controller.deleteUserByUsername(username, data, user!.isAdmin)
      res.status(200).send('Account Deleted!')
    } catch (err: any) {
-      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ userRouter.delete(
      await controller.deleteUser(parseInt(userId), data, user!.isAdmin)
      res.status(200).send('Account Deleted!')
    } catch (err: any) {
-      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+      res.status(err.code).send(err.message)
    }
  }
 )
--- a/api/src/routes/appStream/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/appStream/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import express, { Request } from 'express'
-import { authenticateAccessToken } from '../../middlewares'
+import { authenticateAccessToken, generateCSRFToken } from '../../middlewares'
 import { folderExists } from '@sasjs/utils'

 import { addEntryToAppStreamConfig, getFilesFolder } from '../../utils'
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const router = express.Router()
 router.get('/', authenticateAccessToken, async (req, res) => {
  const content = appStreamHtml(process.appStreamConfig)

-  res.cookie('XSRF-TOKEN', req.csrfToken())
+  res.cookie('XSRF-TOKEN', generateCSRFToken())

  return res.send(content)
 })
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const publishAppStream = async (
    )

    const sasJsPort = process.env.PORT || 5000
-    console.log(
+    process.logger.info(
      'Serving Stream App: ',
      `http://localhost:${sasJsPort}/AppStream/${streamServiceName}`
    )
--- a/api/src/routes/appStream/style.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/appStream/style.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export const style = `<style>
 }
 .app-container .app img{
  width: 100%;
+  height: calc(100% - 30px);
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  border-radius: 10px;
 }
--- a/api/src/routes/setupRoutes.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/setupRoutes.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import webRouter from './web'
 import apiRouter from './api'
 import appStreamRouter from './appStream'

-import { csrfProtection } from '../app'
+import { csrfProtection } from '../middlewares'

 export const setupRoutes = (app: Express) => {
  app.use('/SASjsApi', apiRouter)
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ export const setupRoutes = (app: Express) => {
    appStreamRouter(req, res, next)
  })

-  app.use('/', csrfProtection, webRouter)
+  app.use('/', webRouter)
 }
--- a/api/src/routes/web/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/web/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 import express from 'express'
+import sas9WebRouter from './sas9-web'
+import sasViyaWebRouter from './sasviya-web'
 import webRouter from './web'
+import { MOCK_SERVERTYPEType } from '../../utils'
+import { csrfProtection } from '../../middlewares'

 const router = express.Router()

-router.use('/', webRouter)
+const { MOCK_SERVERTYPE } = process.env
+
+switch (MOCK_SERVERTYPE) {
+  case MOCK_SERVERTYPEType.SAS9: {
+    router.use('/', sas9WebRouter)
+    break
+  }
+  case MOCK_SERVERTYPEType.SASVIYA: {
+    router.use('/', sasViyaWebRouter)
+    break
+  }
+  default: {
+    router.use('/', csrfProtection, webRouter)
+  }
+}

 export default router
--- a/api/src/routes/web/sas9-web.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/web/sas9-web.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import express from 'express'
+import { generateCSRFToken } from '../../middlewares'
+import { WebController } from '../../controllers'
+import { MockSas9Controller } from '../../controllers/mock-sas9'
+import multer from 'multer'
+import path from 'path'
+import dotenv from 'dotenv'
+import { FileUploadController } from '../../controllers/internal'
+
+dotenv.config()
+
+const sas9WebRouter = express.Router()
+const webController = new WebController()
+// Mock controller must be singleton because it keeps the states
+// for example `isLoggedIn` and potentially more in future mocks
+const controller = new MockSas9Controller()
+const fileUploadController = new FileUploadController()
+
+const mockPath = process.env.STATIC_MOCK_LOCATION || 'mocks'
+
+const upload = multer({
+  dest: path.join(process.cwd(), mockPath, 'sas9', 'files-received')
+})
+
+sas9WebRouter.get('/', async (req, res) => {
+  let response
+  try {
+    response = await webController.home()
+  } catch (_) {
+    response = '<html><head></head><body>Web Build is not present</body></html>'
+  } finally {
+    const codeToInject = `<script>document.cookie = 'XSRF-TOKEN=${generateCSRFToken()}; Max-Age=86400; SameSite=Strict; Path=/;'</script>`
+    const injectedContent = response?.replace(
+      '</head>',
+      `${codeToInject}</head>`
+    )
+
+    return res.send(injectedContent)
+  }
+})
+
+sas9WebRouter.get('/SASStoredProcess', async (req, res) => {
+  const response = await controller.sasStoredProcess(req)
+
+  if (response.redirect) {
+    res.redirect(response.redirect)
+    return
+  }
+
+  try {
+    res.send(response.content)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+  }
+})
+
+sas9WebRouter.get('/SASStoredProcess/do/', async (req, res) => {
+  const response = await controller.sasStoredProcessDoGet(req)
+
+  if (response.redirect) {
+    res.redirect(response.redirect)
+    return
+  }
+
+  try {
+    res.send(response.content)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+  }
+})
+
+sas9WebRouter.post(
+  '/SASStoredProcess/do/',
+  fileUploadController.preUploadMiddleware,
+  fileUploadController.getMulterUploadObject().any(),
+  async (req, res) => {
+    const response = await controller.sasStoredProcessDoPost(req)
+
+    if (response.redirect) {
+      res.redirect(response.redirect)
+      return
+    }
+
+    try {
+      res.send(response.content)
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+    }
+  }
+)
+
+sas9WebRouter.get('/SASLogon/login', async (req, res) => {
+  const response = await controller.loginGet()
+
+  if (response.redirect) {
+    res.redirect(response.redirect)
+    return
+  }
+
+  try {
+    res.send(response.content)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+  }
+})
+
+sas9WebRouter.post('/SASLogon/login', async (req, res) => {
+  const response = await controller.loginPost(req)
+
+  if (response.redirect) {
+    res.redirect(response.redirect)
+    return
+  }
+
+  try {
+    res.send(response.content)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+  }
+})
+
+sas9WebRouter.get('/SASLogon/logout', async (req, res) => {
+  const response = await controller.logout(req)
+
+  if (response.redirect) {
+    res.redirect(response.redirect)
+    return
+  }
+
+  try {
+    res.send(response.content)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+  }
+})
+
+sas9WebRouter.get('/SASStoredProcess/Logoff', async (req, res) => {
+  const response = await controller.logoff(req)
+
+  if (response.redirect) {
+    res.redirect(response.redirect)
+    return
+  }
+
+  try {
+    res.send(response.content)
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+  }
+})
+
+export default sas9WebRouter
--- a/api/src/routes/web/sasviya-web.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/web/sasviya-web.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import express from 'express'
+import { generateCSRFToken } from '../../middlewares'
+import { WebController } from '../../controllers/web'
+
+const sasViyaWebRouter = express.Router()
+const controller = new WebController()
+
+sasViyaWebRouter.get('/', async (req, res) => {
+  let response
+  try {
+    response = await controller.home()
+  } catch (_) {
+    response = '<html><head></head><body>Web Build is not present</body></html>'
+  } finally {
+    const codeToInject = `<script>document.cookie = 'XSRF-TOKEN=${generateCSRFToken()}; Max-Age=86400; SameSite=Strict; Path=/;'</script>`
+    const injectedContent = response?.replace(
+      '</head>',
+      `${codeToInject}</head>`
+    )
+
+    return res.send(injectedContent)
+  }
+})
+
+sasViyaWebRouter.post('/SASJobExecution/', async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    res.send({ test: 'test' })
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
+  }
+})
+
+export default sasViyaWebRouter
--- a/api/src/routes/web/web.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/web/web.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import express from 'express'
+import { generateCSRFToken } from '../../middlewares'
 import { WebController } from '../../controllers/web'
 import { authenticateAccessToken, desktopRestrict } from '../../middlewares'
 import { authorizeValidation, loginWebValidation } from '../../utils'
@@ -11,11 +12,18 @@ webRouter.get('/', async (req, res) => {
  try {
    response = await controller.home()
  } catch (_) {
-    response = 'Web Build is not present'
+    response = '<html><head></head><body>Web Build is not present</body></html>'
  } finally {
-    res.cookie('XSRF-TOKEN', req.csrfToken())
+    const { ALLOWED_DOMAIN } = process.env
+    const allowedDomain = ALLOWED_DOMAIN?.trim()
+    const domain = allowedDomain ? ` Domain=${allowedDomain};` : ''
+    const codeToInject = `<script>document.cookie = 'XSRF-TOKEN=${generateCSRFToken()};${domain} Max-Age=86400; SameSite=Strict; Path=/;'</script>`
+    const injectedContent = response?.replace(
+      '</head>',
+      `${codeToInject}</head>`
+    )

-    return res.send(response)
+    return res.send(injectedContent)
  }
 })

--- a/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/api/src/server.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ appPromise.then(async (app) => {
  const protocol = process.env.PROTOCOL || 'http'
  const sasJsPort = process.env.PORT || 5000

-  console.log('PROTOCOL: ', protocol)
+  process.logger.info('PROTOCOL: ', protocol)

  if (protocol !== 'https') {
    app.listen(sasJsPort, () => {
-      console.log(
+      process.logger.info(
        `⚡️[server]: Server is running at http://localhost:${sasJsPort}`
      )
    })
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ appPromise.then(async (app) => {

    const httpsServer = createServer({ key, cert, ca }, app)
    httpsServer.listen(sasJsPort, () => {
-      console.log(
+      process.logger.info(
        `⚡️[server]: Server is running at https://localhost:${sasJsPort}`
      )
    })
--- a/api/src/types/RequestUser.ts
+++ b/api/src/types/RequestUser.ts
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ export interface RequestUser {
  displayName: string
  isAdmin: boolean
  isActive: boolean
+  needsToUpdatePassword: boolean
  autoExec?: string
 }
--- a/api/src/types/TreeNode.ts
+++ b/api/src/types/TreeNode.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ export interface TreeNode {
  name: string
  relativePath: string
  absolutePath: string
+  isFolder: boolean
  children: Array<TreeNode>
 }
--- a/api/src/types/system/process.d.ts
+++ b/api/src/types/system/process.d.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ declare namespace NodeJS {
  export interface Process {
    sasLoc?: string
    nodeLoc?: string
+    pythonLoc?: string
+    rLoc?: string
    driveLoc: string
+    sasjsRoot: string
    logsLoc: string
+    logsUUID: string
+    sessionController?: import('../../controllers/internal').SessionController
    sasSessionController?: import('../../controllers/internal').SASSessionController
-    jsSessionController?: import('../../controllers/internal').JSSessionController
    appStreamConfig: import('../').AppStreamConfig
    logger: import('@sasjs/utils/logger').Logger
    runTimes: import('../../utils').RunTimeType[]
--- a/api/src/utils/appStreamConfig.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/appStreamConfig.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const loadAppStreamConfig = async () => {
    )
  }

-  console.log('App Stream Config loaded!')
+  process.logger.info('App Stream Config loaded!')
 }

 export const addEntryToAppStreamConfig = (
--- a/api/src/utils/connectDB.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/connectDB.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ export const connectDB = async () => {
    throw new Error('Unable to connect to DB!')
  }

-  console.log('Connected to DB!')
+  process.logger.success('Connected to DB!')
  return seedDB()
 }
--- a/api/src/utils/copySASjsCore.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/copySASjsCore.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { getMacrosFolder, sasJSCoreMacros, sasJSCoreMacrosInfo } from '.'
 export const copySASjsCore = async () => {
  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') return

-  console.log('Copying Macros from container to drive(tmp).')
+  process.logger.log('Copying Macros from container to drive.')

  const macrosDrivePath = getMacrosFolder()

@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ export const copySASjsCore = async () => {
    await createFile(macroFileDestPath, macroContent)
  })

-  console.log('Macros Drive Path:', macrosDrivePath)
+  process.logger.info('Macros Drive Path:', macrosDrivePath)
 }
--- a/api/src/utils/createWeboutSasFile.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/createWeboutSasFile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import path from 'path'
+import { createFile } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { getMacrosFolder } from './file'
+
+const fileContent = `%macro webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fmt=,missing=NULL,showmeta=NO,maxobs=MAX);
+  %ms_webout(&action,ds=&ds,dslabel=&dslabel,fmt=&fmt
+    ,missing=&missing
+    ,showmeta=&showmeta
+    ,maxobs=&maxobs
+  )  
+%mend;`
+
+export const createWeboutSasFile = async () => {
+  const macrosDrivePath = getMacrosFolder()
+  process.logger.log(`Creating webout.sas at ${macrosDrivePath}`)
+  const filePath = path.join(macrosDrivePath, 'webout.sas')
+  await createFile(filePath, fileContent)
+}
--- a/api/src/utils/file.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/file.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const sysInitCompiledPath = path.join(
  'systemInitCompiled.sas'
 )

-export const sasJSCoreMacros = path.join(apiRoot, 'sasjscore')
+export const sasJSCoreMacros = path.join(apiRoot, 'sas', 'sasautos')
 export const sasJSCoreMacrosInfo = path.join(sasJSCoreMacros, '.macrolist')

 export const getWebBuildFolder = () => path.join(codebaseRoot, 'web', 'build')
@@ -20,19 +20,24 @@ export const getSasjsHomeFolder = () => path.join(homedir(), '.sasjs-server')
 export const getDesktopUserAutoExecPath = () =>
  path.join(getSasjsHomeFolder(), 'user-autoexec.sas')

-export const getSasjsRootFolder = () => process.driveLoc
+export const getSasjsRootFolder = () => process.sasjsRoot
+
+export const getSasjsDriveFolder = () => process.driveLoc

 export const getLogFolder = () => process.logsLoc

 export const getAppStreamConfigPath = () =>
-  path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'appStreamConfig.json')
+  path.join(getSasjsDriveFolder(), 'appStreamConfig.json')

 export const getMacrosFolder = () =>
-  path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'sasjscore')
+  path.join(getSasjsDriveFolder(), 'sas', 'sasautos')
+
+export const getPackagesFolder = () =>
+  path.join(getSasjsDriveFolder(), 'sas', 'sas_packages')

 export const getUploadsFolder = () => path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'uploads')

-export const getFilesFolder = () => path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'files')
+export const getFilesFolder = () => path.join(getSasjsDriveFolder(), 'files')

 export const getWeboutFolder = () => path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'webouts')

--- a/api/src/utils/generateAccessToken.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/generateAccessToken.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 import { InfoJWT } from '../types'
+import { NUMBER_OF_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY } from '../model/Client'

-export const generateAccessToken = (data: InfoJWT) =>
+export const generateAccessToken = (data: InfoJWT, expiry?: number) =>
  jwt.sign(data, process.secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET, {
-    expiresIn: '1day'
+    expiresIn: expiry ? expiry : NUMBER_OF_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY
  })
--- a/api/src/utils/generateRefreshToken.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/generateRefreshToken.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 import { InfoJWT } from '../types'
+import { NUMBER_OF_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY } from '../model/Client'

-export const generateRefreshToken = (data: InfoJWT) =>
+export const generateRefreshToken = (data: InfoJWT, expiry?: number) =>
  jwt.sign(data, process.secrets.REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET, {
-    expiresIn: '30 days'
+    expiresIn: expiry ? expiry : NUMBER_OF_SECONDS_IN_A_DAY
  })
--- a/api/src/utils/getAuthorizedRoutes.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getAuthorizedRoutes.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Request } from 'express'

+export const TopLevelRoutes = ['/AppStream', '/SASjsApi']
+
 const StaticAuthorizedRoutes = [
-  '/AppStream',
  '/SASjsApi/code/execute',
  '/SASjsApi/stp/execute',
  '/SASjsApi/drive/deploy',
@@ -9,16 +10,16 @@ const StaticAuthorizedRoutes = [
  '/SASjsApi/drive/file',
  '/SASjsApi/drive/folder',
  '/SASjsApi/drive/fileTree',
-  '/SASjsApi/permission'
+  '/SASjsApi/drive/rename'
 ]

 export const getAuthorizedRoutes = () => {
  const streamingApps = Object.keys(process.appStreamConfig)
  const streamingAppsRoutes = streamingApps.map((app) => `/AppStream/${app}`)
-  return [...StaticAuthorizedRoutes, ...streamingAppsRoutes]
+  return [...TopLevelRoutes, ...StaticAuthorizedRoutes, ...streamingAppsRoutes]
 }

-export const getUri = (req: Request) => {
+export const getPath = (req: Request) => {
  const { baseUrl, path: reqPath } = req

  if (baseUrl === '/AppStream') {
@@ -32,4 +33,4 @@ export const getUri = (req: Request) => {
 }

 export const isAuthorizingRoute = (req: Request): boolean =>
-  getAuthorizedRoutes().includes(getUri(req))
+  getAuthorizedRoutes().includes(getPath(req))
--- a/api/src/utils/getCertificates.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getCertificates.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ export const getCertificates = async () => {
  const certPath = CERT_CHAIN ?? (await getFileInput('Certificate Chain (PEM)'))
  const caPath = CA_ROOT

-  console.log('keyPath: ', keyPath)
-  console.log('certPath: ', certPath)
-  if (caPath) console.log('caPath: ', caPath)
+  process.logger.info('keyPath: ', keyPath)
+  process.logger.info('certPath: ', certPath)
+  if (caPath) process.logger.info('caPath: ', caPath)

  const key = await readFile(keyPath)
  const cert = await readFile(certPath)
--- a/api/src/utils/getDesktopFields.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getDesktopFields.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { createFolder, fileExists, folderExists, isWindows } from '@sasjs/utils'
 import { RunTimeType } from './verifyEnvVariables'

 export const getDesktopFields = async () => {
-  const { SAS_PATH, NODE_PATH } = process.env
+  const { SAS_PATH, NODE_PATH, PYTHON_PATH, R_PATH } = process.env

-  let sasLoc, nodeLoc
+  let sasLoc, nodeLoc, pythonLoc, rLoc

  if (process.runTimes.includes(RunTimeType.SAS)) {
    sasLoc = SAS_PATH ?? (await getSASLocation())
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ export const getDesktopFields = async () => {
    nodeLoc = NODE_PATH ?? (await getNodeLocation())
  }

-  return { sasLoc, nodeLoc }
+  if (process.runTimes.includes(RunTimeType.PY)) {
+    pythonLoc = PYTHON_PATH ?? (await getPythonLocation())
+  }
+
+  if (process.runTimes.includes(RunTimeType.R)) {
+    rLoc = R_PATH ?? (await getRLocation())
+  }
+
+  return { sasLoc, nodeLoc, pythonLoc, rLoc }
 }

 const getDriveLocation = async (): Promise<string> => {
@@ -91,3 +99,47 @@ const getNodeLocation = async (): Promise<string> => {

  return targetName
 }
+
+const getPythonLocation = async (): Promise<string> => {
+  const validator = async (filePath: string) => {
+    if (!filePath) return 'Path to Python executable is required.'
+
+    if (!(await fileExists(filePath))) {
+      return 'No file found at provided path.'
+    }
+
+    return true
+  }
+
+  const defaultLocation = isWindows() ? 'C:\\Python' : '/usr/bin/python'
+
+  const targetName = await getString(
+    'Please enter full path to a Python executable: ',
+    validator,
+    defaultLocation
+  )
+
+  return targetName
+}
+
+const getRLocation = async (): Promise<string> => {
+  const validator = async (filePath: string) => {
+    if (!filePath) return 'Path to R executable is required.'
+
+    if (!(await fileExists(filePath))) {
+      return 'No file found at provided path.'
+    }
+
+    return true
+  }
+
+  const defaultLocation = isWindows() ? 'C:\\Rscript' : '/usr/bin/Rscript'
+
+  const targetName = await getString(
+    'Please enter full path to a R executable: ',
+    validator,
+    defaultLocation
+  )
+
+  return targetName
+}
--- a/api/src/utils/getPreProgramVariables.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getPreProgramVariables.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ export const getPreProgramVariables = (req: Request): PreProgramVars => {
  const { user, accessToken } = req
  const csrfToken = req.headers['x-xsrf-token'] || req.cookies['XSRF-TOKEN']
  const sessionId = req.cookies['connect.sid']
-  const { _csrf } = req.cookies

  const httpHeaders: string[] = []

@@ -16,14 +15,15 @@ export const getPreProgramVariables = (req: Request): PreProgramVars => {

  const cookies: string[] = []
  if (sessionId) cookies.push(`connect.sid=${sessionId}`)
-  if (_csrf) cookies.push(`_csrf=${_csrf}`)

  if (cookies.length) httpHeaders.push(`cookie: ${cookies.join('; ')}`)

+  //In desktop mode when mocking mode is enabled, user was undefined.
+  //So this is workaround.
  return {
-    username: user!.username,
-    userId: user!.userId,
-    displayName: user!.displayName,
+    username: user ? user.username : 'demo',
+    userId: user ? user.userId : 0,
+    displayName: user ? user.displayName : 'demo',
    serverUrl: protocol + host,
    httpHeaders
  }
--- a/api/src/utils/getRunTimeAndFilePath.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getRunTimeAndFilePath.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { getFilesFolder } from './file'
 import { RunTimeType } from '.'

 export const getRunTimeAndFilePath = async (programPath: string) => {
-  const ext = path.extname(programPath)
-  // If programPath (_program) is provided with a ".sas" or ".js" extension
+  const ext = path.extname(programPath).toLowerCase()
+  // If programPath (_program) is provided with a ".sas", ".js", ".py" or ".r" extension
  // we should use that extension to determine the appropriate runTime
  if (ext && Object.values(RunTimeType).includes(ext.slice(1) as RunTimeType)) {
    const runTime = ext.slice(1)
--- a/api/src/utils/getTokensFromDB.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getTokensFromDB.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
+import User from '../model/User'
+
+const isValidToken = async (
+  token: string,
+  key: string,
+  userId: number,
+  clientId: string
+) => {
+  const promise = new Promise<boolean>((resolve, reject) =>
+    jwt.verify(token, key, (err, decoded) => {
+      if (err) return reject(false)
+
+      if (decoded?.userId === userId && decoded?.clientId === clientId) {
+        return resolve(true)
+      }
+
+      return reject(false)
+    })
+  )
+
+  return await promise.then(() => true).catch(() => false)
+}
+
+export const getTokensFromDB = async (userId: number, clientId: string) => {
+  const user = await User.findOne({ id: userId })
+  if (!user) return
+
+  const currentTokenObj = user.tokens.find(
+    (tokenObj: any) => tokenObj.clientId === clientId
+  )
+
+  if (currentTokenObj) {
+    const accessToken = currentTokenObj.accessToken
+    const refreshToken = currentTokenObj.refreshToken
+
+    const isValidAccessToken = await isValidToken(
+      accessToken,
+      process.secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET,
+      userId,
+      clientId
+    )
+
+    const isValidRefreshToken = await isValidToken(
+      refreshToken,
+      process.secrets.REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET,
+      userId,
+      clientId
+    )
+
+    if (isValidAccessToken && isValidRefreshToken) {
+      return { accessToken, refreshToken }
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/api/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export * from './appStreamConfig'
 export * from './connectDB'
 export * from './copySASjsCore'
+export * from './createWeboutSasFile'
 export * from './desktopAutoExec'
 export * from './extractHeaders'
 export * from './extractName'
@@ -14,8 +15,11 @@ export * from './getDesktopFields'
 export * from './getPreProgramVariables'
 export * from './getRunTimeAndFilePath'
 export * from './getServerUrl'
+export * from './getTokensFromDB'
 export * from './instantiateLogger'
 export * from './isDebugOn'
+export * from './isPublicRoute'
+export * from './ldapClient'
 export * from './zipped'
 export * from './parseLogToArray'
 export * from './removeTokensInDB'
@@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ export * from './saveTokensInDB'
 export * from './seedDB'
 export * from './setProcessVariables'
 export * from './setupFolders'
+export * from './setupUserAutoExec'
 export * from './upload'
 export * from './validation'
 export * from './verifyEnvVariables'
--- a/api/src/utils/isPublicRoute.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/isPublicRoute.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { Request } from 'express'
+import { getPath } from './getAuthorizedRoutes'
+import Group, { PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME } from '../model/Group'
+import Permission from '../model/Permission'
+import { PermissionSettingForRoute } from '../controllers'
+import { RequestUser } from '../types'
+
+export const isPublicRoute = async (req: Request): Promise<boolean> => {
+  const group = await Group.findOne({ name: PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME })
+  if (group) {
+    const path = getPath(req)
+
+    const groupPermission = await Permission.findOne({
+      path,
+      group: group?._id
+    })
+    if (groupPermission?.setting === PermissionSettingForRoute.grant)
+      return true
+  }
+
+  return false
+}
+
+export const publicUser: RequestUser = {
+  userId: 0,
+  clientId: 'public_app',
+  username: 'publicUser',
+  displayName: 'Public User',
+  isAdmin: false,
+  isActive: true,
+  needsToUpdatePassword: false
+}
--- a/api/src/utils/ldapClient.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/ldapClient.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+import { createClient, Client } from 'ldapjs'
+import { ReturnCode } from './verifyEnvVariables'
+
+export interface LDAPUser {
+  uid: string
+  username: string
+  displayName: string
+}
+
+export interface LDAPGroup {
+  name: string
+  members: string[]
+}
+
+export class LDAPClient {
+  private ldapClient: Client
+  private static classInstance: LDAPClient | null
+
+  private constructor() {
+    process.logger.info('creating LDAP client')
+    this.ldapClient = createClient({ url: process.env.LDAP_URL as string })
+
+    this.ldapClient.on('error', (error) => {
+      process.logger.error(error.message)
+    })
+  }
+
+  static async init() {
+    if (!LDAPClient.classInstance) {
+      LDAPClient.classInstance = new LDAPClient()
+
+      process.logger.info('binding LDAP client')
+      await LDAPClient.classInstance.bind().catch((error) => {
+        LDAPClient.classInstance = null
+        throw error
+      })
+    }
+    return LDAPClient.classInstance
+  }
+
+  private async bind() {
+    const promise = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const { LDAP_BIND_DN, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD } = process.env
+      this.ldapClient.bind(LDAP_BIND_DN!, LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD!, (error) => {
+        if (error) reject(error)
+
+        resolve()
+      })
+    })
+
+    await promise.catch((error) => {
+      throw new Error(error.message)
+    })
+  }
+
+  async getAllLDAPUsers() {
+    const promise = new Promise<LDAPUser[]>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const { LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN } = process.env
+      const filter = `(objectClass=*)`
+
+      this.ldapClient.search(
+        LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN!,
+        { filter },
+        (error, result) => {
+          if (error) reject(error)
+
+          const users: LDAPUser[] = []
+
+          result.on('searchEntry', (entry) => {
+            users.push({
+              uid: entry.object.uid as string,
+              username: entry.object.username as string,
+              displayName: entry.object.displayname as string
+            })
+          })
+
+          result.on('end', (result) => {
+            resolve(users)
+          })
+        }
+      )
+    })
+
+    return await promise
+      .then((res) => res)
+      .catch((error) => {
+        throw new Error(error.message)
+      })
+  }
+
+  async getAllLDAPGroups() {
+    const promise = new Promise<LDAPGroup[]>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const { LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN } = process.env
+
+      this.ldapClient.search(LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN!, {}, (error, result) => {
+        if (error) reject(error)
+
+        const groups: LDAPGroup[] = []
+
+        result.on('searchEntry', (entry) => {
+          const members =
+            typeof entry.object.memberuid === 'string'
+              ? [entry.object.memberuid]
+              : entry.object.memberuid
+          groups.push({
+            name: entry.object.cn as string,
+            members
+          })
+        })
+
+        result.on('end', (result) => {
+          resolve(groups)
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    return await promise
+      .then((res) => res)
+      .catch((error) => {
+        throw new Error(error.message)
+      })
+  }
+
+  async verifyUser(username: string, password: string) {
+    const promise = new Promise<boolean>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const { LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN } = process.env
+      const filter = `(username=${username})`
+
+      this.ldapClient.search(
+        LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN!,
+        { filter },
+        (error, result) => {
+          if (error) reject(error)
+
+          const items: any = []
+
+          result.on('searchEntry', (entry) => {
+            items.push(entry.object)
+          })
+
+          result.on('end', (result) => {
+            if (result?.status !== 0 || items.length === 0) return reject()
+
+            // pick the first found
+            const user = items[0]
+
+            this.ldapClient.bind(user.dn, password, (error) => {
+              if (error) return reject(error)
+
+              resolve(true)
+            })
+          })
+        }
+      )
+    })
+
+    return await promise
+      .then(() => true)
+      .catch(() => {
+        throw new Error('Invalid password.')
+      })
+  }
+}
--- a/api/src/utils/parseHelmetConfig.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/parseHelmetConfig.ts
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ export const getEnvCSPDirectives = (
      try {
        cspConfigJson = JSON.parse(file)
      } catch (e) {
-        console.error(
+        process.logger.error(
          'Parsing Content Security Policy JSON config failed. Make sure it is valid json'
        )
      }
    } catch (e) {
-      console.error('Error reading HELMET CSP config file', e)
+      process.logger.error('Error reading HELMET CSP config file', e)
    }
  }

--- a/api/src/utils/seedDB.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/seedDB.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Client from '../model/Client'
-import Group from '../model/Group'
+import Group, { PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME } from '../model/Group'
 import User from '../model/User'
 import Configuration, { ConfigurationType } from '../model/Configuration'

@@ -19,16 +19,25 @@ export const seedDB = async (): Promise<ConfigurationType> => {
    const client = new Client(CLIENT)
    await client.save()

-    console.log(`DB Seed - client created: ${CLIENT.clientId}`)
+    process.logger.success(`DB Seed - client created: ${CLIENT.clientId}`)
  }

  // Checking if 'AllUsers' Group is already in the database
-  let groupExist = await Group.findOne({ name: GROUP.name })
+  let groupExist = await Group.findOne({ name: ALL_USERS_GROUP.name })
  if (!groupExist) {
-    const group = new Group(GROUP)
+    const group = new Group(ALL_USERS_GROUP)
    groupExist = await group.save()

-    console.log(`DB Seed - Group created: ${GROUP.name}`)
+    process.logger.success(`DB Seed - Group created: ${ALL_USERS_GROUP.name}`)
+  }
+
+  // Checking if 'Public' Group is already in the database
+  const publicGroupExist = await Group.findOne({ name: PUBLIC_GROUP.name })
+  if (!publicGroupExist) {
+    const group = new Group(PUBLIC_GROUP)
+    await group.save()
+
+    process.logger.success(`DB Seed - Group created: ${PUBLIC_GROUP.name}`)
  }

  // Checking if user is already in the database
@@ -37,13 +46,15 @@ export const seedDB = async (): Promise<ConfigurationType> => {
    const user = new User(ADMIN_USER)
    usernameExist = await user.save()

-    console.log(`DB Seed - admin account created: ${ADMIN_USER.username}`)
+    process.logger.success(
+      `DB Seed - admin account created: ${ADMIN_USER.username}`
+    )
  }

  if (!groupExist.hasUser(usernameExist)) {
    groupExist.addUser(usernameExist)
-    console.log(
-      `DB Seed - admin account '${ADMIN_USER.username}' added to Group '${GROUP.name}'`
+    process.logger.success(
+      `DB Seed - admin account '${ADMIN_USER.username}' added to Group '${ALL_USERS_GROUP.name}'`
    )
  }

@@ -53,7 +64,7 @@ export const seedDB = async (): Promise<ConfigurationType> => {
    const configuration = new Configuration(SECRETS)
    configExist = await configuration.save()

-    console.log('DB Seed - configuration added')
+    process.logger.success('DB Seed - configuration added')
  }

  return {
@@ -64,10 +75,17 @@ export const seedDB = async (): Promise<ConfigurationType> => {
  }
 }

-const GROUP = {
+export const ALL_USERS_GROUP = {
  name: 'AllUsers',
  description: 'Group contains all users'
 }
+
+const PUBLIC_GROUP = {
+  name: PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME,
+  description:
+    'A special group that can be used to bypass authentication for particular routes.'
+}
+
 const CLIENT = {
  clientId: 'clientID1',
  clientSecret: 'clientSecret'
--- a/api/src/utils/setProcessVariables.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/setProcessVariables.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ export const setProcessVariables = async () => {
  }

  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
-    process.driveLoc = path.join(process.cwd(), 'sasjs_root')
+    process.sasjsRoot = path.join(process.cwd(), 'sasjs_root')
+    process.driveLoc = path.join(process.cwd(), 'sasjs_root', 'drive')
    return
  }

@@ -28,28 +29,41 @@ export const setProcessVariables = async () => {
  if (MODE === ModeType.Server) {
    process.sasLoc = process.env.SAS_PATH
    process.nodeLoc = process.env.NODE_PATH
+    process.pythonLoc = process.env.PYTHON_PATH
+    process.rLoc = process.env.R_PATH
  } else {
-    const { sasLoc, nodeLoc } = await getDesktopFields()
-
+    const { sasLoc, nodeLoc, pythonLoc, rLoc } = await getDesktopFields()
    process.sasLoc = sasLoc
    process.nodeLoc = nodeLoc
+    process.pythonLoc = pythonLoc
+    process.rLoc = rLoc
  }

  const { SASJS_ROOT } = process.env
  const absPath = getAbsolutePath(SASJS_ROOT ?? 'sasjs_root', process.cwd())
  await createFolder(absPath)
-  process.driveLoc = getRealPath(absPath)
+  process.sasjsRoot = getRealPath(absPath)
+
+  const { DRIVE_LOCATION } = process.env
+  const absDrivePath = getAbsolutePath(
+    DRIVE_LOCATION ?? path.join(process.sasjsRoot, 'drive'),
+    process.cwd()
+  )
+  await createFolder(absDrivePath)
+  process.driveLoc = getRealPath(absDrivePath)

  const { LOG_LOCATION } = process.env
  const absLogsPath = getAbsolutePath(
-    LOG_LOCATION ?? `sasjs_root${path.sep}logs`,
+    LOG_LOCATION ?? path.join(process.sasjsRoot, 'logs'),
    process.cwd()
  )
  await createFolder(absLogsPath)
  process.logsLoc = getRealPath(absLogsPath)

-  console.log('sasLoc: ', process.sasLoc)
-  console.log('sasDrive: ', process.driveLoc)
-  console.log('sasLogs: ', process.logsLoc)
-  console.log('runTimes: ', process.runTimes)
+  process.logsUUID = 'SASJS_LOGS_SEPARATOR_163ee17b6ff24f028928972d80a26784'
+
+  process.logger.info('sasLoc: ', process.sasLoc)
+  process.logger.info('sasDrive: ', process.driveLoc)
+  process.logger.info('sasLogs: ', process.logsLoc)
+  process.logger.info('runTimes: ', process.runTimes)
 }
--- a/api/src/utils/setupFolders.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/setupFolders.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-import { createFile, createFolder, fileExists } from '@sasjs/utils'
-import { getDesktopUserAutoExecPath, getFilesFolder } from './file'
-import { ModeType } from './verifyEnvVariables'
+import { createFolder } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { getFilesFolder, getPackagesFolder } from './file'

-export const setupFolders = async () => {
-  const drivePath = getFilesFolder()
-  await createFolder(drivePath)
+export const setupFilesFolder = async () => await createFolder(getFilesFolder())

-  if (process.env.MODE === ModeType.Desktop) {
-    if (!(await fileExists(getDesktopUserAutoExecPath()))) {
-      await createFile(getDesktopUserAutoExecPath(), '')
-    }
-  }
-}
+export const setupPackagesFolder = async () =>
+  await createFolder(getPackagesFolder())
--- a/api/src/utils/setupUserAutoExec.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/setupUserAutoExec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { createFile, fileExists } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { getDesktopUserAutoExecPath } from './file'
+import { ModeType } from './verifyEnvVariables'
+
+export const setupUserAutoExec = async () => {
+  if (process.env.MODE === ModeType.Desktop) {
+    if (!(await fileExists(getDesktopUserAutoExecPath()))) {
+      await createFile(getDesktopUserAutoExecPath(), '')
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/api/src/utils/upload.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/upload.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import { MulterFile } from '../types/Upload'
-import { listFilesInFolder, readFileBinary } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { listFilesInFolder, readFileBinary, isWindows } from '@sasjs/utils'

 interface FilenameMapSingle {
  fieldName: string
@@ -118,15 +118,69 @@ export const generateFileUploadJSCode = async (
    if (fileName.includes('req_file')) {
      fileCount++
      const filePath = path.join(sessionFolder, fileName)
-      uploadCode += `\nconst _WEBIN_FILEREF${fileCount} = fs.readFileSync('${filePath}')`
+      uploadCode += `\nconst _WEBIN_FILEREF${fileCount} = fs.readFileSync('${
+        isWindows() ? filePath.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\') : filePath
+      }')`
      uploadCode += `\nconst _WEBIN_FILENAME${fileCount} = '${filesNamesMap[fileName].originalName}'`
      uploadCode += `\nconst _WEBIN_NAME${fileCount} = '${filesNamesMap[fileName].fieldName}'`
    }
  })

-  if (fileCount) {
-    uploadCode = `\nconst _WEBIN_FILE_COUNT = ${fileCount}` + uploadCode
-  }
+  uploadCode += `\nconst _WEBIN_FILE_COUNT = ${fileCount}`
+
+  return uploadCode
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generates the python code that references uploaded files in the concurrent request
+ * @param filesNamesMap object that maps hashed file names and original file names
+ * @param sessionFolder name of the folder that is created for the purpose of files in concurrent request
+ * @returns generated python code
+ */
+export const generateFileUploadPythonCode = async (
+  filesNamesMap: FilenamesMap,
+  sessionFolder: string
+) => {
+  let uploadCode = ''
+  let fileCount = 0
+
+  const sessionFolderList: string[] = await listFilesInFolder(sessionFolder)
+  sessionFolderList.forEach(async (fileName) => {
+    if (fileName.includes('req_file')) {
+      fileCount++
+      uploadCode += `\n_WEBIN_FILENAME${fileCount} = '${filesNamesMap[fileName].originalName}'`
+      uploadCode += `\n_WEBIN_NAME${fileCount} = '${filesNamesMap[fileName].fieldName}'`
+    }
+  })
+
+  uploadCode += `\n_WEBIN_FILE_COUNT = ${fileCount}`
+
+  return uploadCode
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generates the R code that references uploaded files in the concurrent request
+ * @param filesNamesMap object that maps hashed file names and original file names
+ * @param sessionFolder name of the folder that is created for the purpose of files in concurrent request
+ * @returns generated python code
+ */
+export const generateFileUploadRCode = async (
+  filesNamesMap: FilenamesMap,
+  sessionFolder: string
+) => {
+  let uploadCode = ''
+  let fileCount = 0
+
+  const sessionFolderList: string[] = await listFilesInFolder(sessionFolder)
+  sessionFolderList.forEach(async (fileName) => {
+    if (fileName.includes('req_file')) {
+      fileCount++
+      uploadCode += `\n._WEBIN_FILENAME${fileCount} <- '${filesNamesMap[fileName].originalName}'`
+      uploadCode += `\n._WEBIN_NAME${fileCount} <- '${filesNamesMap[fileName].fieldName}'`
+    }
+  })
+
+  uploadCode += `\n._WEBIN_FILE_COUNT <- ${fileCount}`

  return uploadCode
 }
--- a/api/src/utils/validation.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/validation.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import Joi from 'joi'
-import { PermissionSetting, PrincipalType } from '../controllers/permission'
+import {
+  PermissionType,
+  PermissionSettingForRoute,
+  PrincipalType
+} from '../controllers/permission'
 import { getAuthorizedRoutes } from './getAuthorizedRoutes'

 const usernameSchema = Joi.string().lowercase().alphanum().min(3).max(16)
@@ -81,20 +85,31 @@ export const updateUserValidation = (
  return Joi.object(validationChecks).validate(data)
 }

+export const updatePasswordValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
+  Joi.object({
+    currentPassword: Joi.string().required(),
+    newPassword: passwordSchema.required()
+  }).validate(data)
+
 export const registerClientValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
  Joi.object({
    clientId: Joi.string().required(),
-    clientSecret: Joi.string().required()
+    clientSecret: Joi.string().required(),
+    accessTokenExpiration: Joi.number(),
+    refreshTokenExpiration: Joi.number()
  }).validate(data)

 export const registerPermissionValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
  Joi.object({
-    uri: Joi.string()
+    path: Joi.string()
      .required()
      .valid(...getAuthorizedRoutes()),
+    type: Joi.string()
+      .required()
+      .valid(...Object.values(PermissionType)),
    setting: Joi.string()
      .required()
-      .valid(...Object.values(PermissionSetting)),
+      .valid(...Object.values(PermissionSettingForRoute)),
    principalType: Joi.string()
      .required()
      .valid(...Object.values(PrincipalType)),
@@ -105,7 +120,7 @@ export const updatePermissionValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
  Joi.object({
    setting: Joi.string()
      .required()
-      .valid(...Object.values(PermissionSetting))
+      .valid(...Object.values(PermissionSettingForRoute))
  }).validate(data)

 export const deployValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
@@ -138,9 +153,23 @@ export const fileParamValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
    _filePath: filePathSchema
  }).validate(data)

-export const folderParamValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
+export const folderParamValidation = (
+  data: any,
+  folderPathRequired?: boolean
+): Joi.ValidationResult =>
  Joi.object({
-    _folderPath: Joi.string()
+    _folderPath: folderPathRequired ? Joi.string().required() : Joi.string()
+  }).validate(data)
+
+export const folderBodyValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
+  Joi.object({
+    folderPath: Joi.string().required()
+  }).validate(data)
+
+export const renameBodyValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
+  Joi.object({
+    oldPath: Joi.string().required(),
+    newPath: Joi.string().required()
  }).validate(data)

 export const runCodeValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
--- a/api/src/utils/verifyEnvVariables.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/verifyEnvVariables.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+export enum MOCK_SERVERTYPEType {
+  SAS9 = 'sas9',
+  SASVIYA = 'sasviya'
+}
+
 export enum ModeType {
  Server = 'server',
  Desktop = 'desktop'
 }

+export enum AuthProviderType {
+  LDAP = 'ldap'
+}
+
 export enum ProtocolType {
  HTTP = 'http',
  HTTPS = 'https'
@@ -28,7 +37,9 @@ export enum LOG_FORMAT_MORGANType {

 export enum RunTimeType {
  SAS = 'sas',
-  JS = 'js'
+  JS = 'js',
+  PY = 'py',
+  R = 'r'
 }

 export enum ReturnCode {
@@ -36,9 +47,16 @@ export enum ReturnCode {
  InvalidEnv
 }

+export enum DatabaseType {
+  MONGO = 'mongodb',
+  COSMOS_MONGODB = 'cosmos_mongodb'
+}
+
 export const verifyEnvVariables = (): ReturnCode => {
  const errors: string[] = []

+  errors.push(...verifyMOCK_SERVERTYPE())
+
  errors.push(...verifyMODE())

  errors.push(...verifyPROTOCOL())
@@ -55,6 +73,10 @@ export const verifyEnvVariables = (): ReturnCode => {

  errors.push(...verifyExecutablePaths())

+  errors.push(...verifyLDAPVariables())
+
+  errors.push(...verifyDbType())
+
  if (errors.length) {
    process.logger?.error(
      `Invalid environment variable(s) provided: \n${errors.join('\n')}`
@@ -65,6 +87,23 @@ export const verifyEnvVariables = (): ReturnCode => {
  return ReturnCode.Success
 }

+const verifyMOCK_SERVERTYPE = (): string[] => {
+  const errors: string[] = []
+  const { MOCK_SERVERTYPE } = process.env
+
+  if (MOCK_SERVERTYPE) {
+    const modeTypes = Object.values(MOCK_SERVERTYPEType)
+    if (!modeTypes.includes(MOCK_SERVERTYPE as MOCK_SERVERTYPEType))
+      errors.push(
+        `- MOCK_SERVERTYPE '${MOCK_SERVERTYPE}'\n - valid options ${modeTypes}`
+      )
+  } else {
+    process.env.MOCK_SERVERTYPE = undefined
+  }
+
+  return errors
+}
+
 const verifyMODE = (): string[] => {
  const errors: string[] = []
  const { MODE } = process.env
@@ -78,13 +117,22 @@ const verifyMODE = (): string[] => {
  }

  if (process.env.MODE === ModeType.Server) {
-    const { DB_CONNECT } = process.env
+    const { DB_CONNECT, AUTH_PROVIDERS } = process.env

-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test')
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
      if (!DB_CONNECT)
        errors.push(
          `- DB_CONNECT is required for PROTOCOL '${ModeType.Server}'`
        )
+
+      if (AUTH_PROVIDERS) {
+        const authProvidersType = Object.values(AuthProviderType)
+        if (!authProvidersType.includes(AUTH_PROVIDERS as AuthProviderType))
+          errors.push(
+            `- AUTH_PROVIDERS '${AUTH_PROVIDERS}'\n - valid options ${authProvidersType}`
+          )
+      }
+    }
  }

  return errors
@@ -125,8 +173,27 @@ const verifyCORS = (): string[] => {

  if (CORS) {
    const corsTypes = Object.values(CorsType)
+
    if (!corsTypes.includes(CORS as CorsType))
      errors.push(`- CORS '${CORS}'\n - valid options ${corsTypes}`)
+
+    if (CORS === CorsType.ENABLED) {
+      const { WHITELIST } = process.env
+
+      const urls = WHITELIST?.trim()
+        .split(' ')
+        .filter((url) => !!url)
+      if (urls?.length) {
+        urls.forEach((url) => {
+          if (!url.startsWith('http://') && !url.startsWith('https://'))
+            errors.push(
+              `- CORS '${CORS}'\n - provided WHITELIST ${url} is not valid`
+            )
+        })
+      } else {
+        errors.push(`- CORS '${CORS}'\n - provide at least one WHITELIST URL`)
+      }
+    }
  } else {
    const { MODE } = process.env
    process.env.CORS =
@@ -207,9 +274,10 @@ const verifyRUN_TIMES = (): string[] => {
  return errors
 }

-const verifyExecutablePaths = () => {
+const verifyExecutablePaths = (): string[] => {
  const errors: string[] = []
-  const { RUN_TIMES, SAS_PATH, NODE_PATH, MODE } = process.env
+  const { RUN_TIMES, SAS_PATH, NODE_PATH, PYTHON_PATH, R_PATH, MODE } =
+    process.env

  if (MODE === ModeType.Server) {
    const runTimes = RUN_TIMES?.split(',')
@@ -221,6 +289,79 @@ const verifyExecutablePaths = () => {
    if (runTimes?.includes(RunTimeType.JS) && !NODE_PATH) {
      errors.push(`- NODE_PATH is required for ${RunTimeType.JS} run time`)
    }
+
+    if (runTimes?.includes(RunTimeType.PY) && !PYTHON_PATH) {
+      errors.push(`- PYTHON_PATH is required for ${RunTimeType.PY} run time`)
+    }
+
+    if (runTimes?.includes(RunTimeType.R) && !R_PATH) {
+      errors.push(`- R_PATH is required for ${RunTimeType.R} run time`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return errors
+}
+
+const verifyLDAPVariables = () => {
+  const errors: string[] = []
+  const {
+    LDAP_URL,
+    LDAP_BIND_DN,
+    LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD,
+    LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN,
+    LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN,
+    MODE,
+    AUTH_PROVIDERS
+  } = process.env
+
+  if (MODE === ModeType.Server && AUTH_PROVIDERS === AuthProviderType.LDAP) {
+    if (!LDAP_URL) {
+      errors.push(
+        `- LDAP_URL is required for AUTH_PROVIDER '${AuthProviderType.LDAP}'`
+      )
+    }
+
+    if (!LDAP_BIND_DN) {
+      errors.push(
+        `- LDAP_BIND_DN is required for AUTH_PROVIDER '${AuthProviderType.LDAP}'`
+      )
+    }
+
+    if (!LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD) {
+      errors.push(
+        `- LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD is required for AUTH_PROVIDER '${AuthProviderType.LDAP}'`
+      )
+    }
+
+    if (!LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN) {
+      errors.push(
+        `- LDAP_USERS_BASE_DN is required for AUTH_PROVIDER '${AuthProviderType.LDAP}'`
+      )
+    }
+
+    if (!LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN) {
+      errors.push(
+        `- LDAP_GROUPS_BASE_DN is required for AUTH_PROVIDER '${AuthProviderType.LDAP}'`
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  return errors
+}
+
+const verifyDbType = () => {
+  const errors: string[] = []
+
+  const { MODE, DB_TYPE } = process.env
+
+  if (MODE === ModeType.Server) {
+    if (DB_TYPE) {
+      const dbTypes = Object.values(DatabaseType)
+      if (!dbTypes.includes(DB_TYPE as DatabaseType))
+        errors.push(`- DB_TYPE '${DB_TYPE}'\n - valid options ${dbTypes}`)
+    } else {
+      process.env.DB_TYPE = DEFAULTS.DB_TYPE
+    }
  }

  return errors
@@ -232,5 +373,6 @@ const DEFAULTS = {
  PORT: '5000',
  HELMET_COEP: HelmetCoepType.TRUE,
  LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN: LOG_FORMAT_MORGANType.Common,
-  RUN_TIMES: RunTimeType.SAS
+  RUN_TIMES: RunTimeType.SAS,
+  DB_TYPE: DatabaseType.MONGO
 }
--- a/api/src/utils/verifyTokenInDB.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/verifyTokenInDB.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const fetchLatestAutoExec = async (
    displayName: dbUser.displayName,
    isAdmin: dbUser.isAdmin,
    isActive: dbUser.isActive,
+    needsToUpdatePassword: dbUser.needsToUpdatePassword,
    autoExec: dbUser.autoExec
  }
 }
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export const verifyTokenInDB = async (
        displayName: dbUser.displayName,
        isAdmin: dbUser.isAdmin,
        isActive: dbUser.isActive,
+        needsToUpdatePassword: dbUser.needsToUpdatePassword,
        autoExec: dbUser.autoExec
      }
    : undefined
--- a/api/tsoa.json
+++ b/api/tsoa.json
@@ -12,28 +12,20 @@
    },
    "tags": [
      {
-        "name": "Info",
-        "description": "Get Server Information"
+        "name": "Auth",
+        "description": "Operations about auth"
      },
      {
-        "name": "Session",
-        "description": "Get Session information"
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "User",
-        "description": "Operations with users"
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "Permission",
-        "description": "Operations about permissions"
+        "name": "Auth_Config",
+        "description": "Operations about external auth providers"
      },
      {
        "name": "Client",
        "description": "Operations about clients"
      },
      {
-        "name": "Auth",
-        "description": "Operations about auth"
+        "name": "Code",
+        "description": "Execution of code (various runtimes are supported)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Drive",
@@ -43,13 +35,25 @@
        "name": "Group",
        "description": "Operations on groups and group memberships"
      },
+      {
+        "name": "Info",
+        "description": "Get Server Information"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "Permission",
+        "description": "Operations about permissions"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "Session",
+        "description": "Get Session information"
+      },
      {
        "name": "STP",
        "description": "Execution of Stored Programs"
      },
      {
-        "name": "CODE",
-        "description": "Execution of code (various runtimes are supported)"
+        "name": "User",
+        "description": "Operations with users"
      },
      {
        "name": "Web",
--- a/web/package-lock.json
+++ b/web/package-lock.json
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More