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Q128636: HOWTO: Set Up SourceSafe for Replication Under Windows NT

Article: Q128636
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbSSafe310
Last Modified: 01-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, version 3.1 
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SUMMARY
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You can set up Visual SourceSafe for replication under Windows NT to allow a
database to be mirrored on a backup server, and thus increase network
reliability. This article explains how to do it for SourceSafe.

MORE INFORMATION
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1. Follow the directions for setting up a replication directory as presented in
  the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q101602 Configuring Windows NT for Replication

2. Set up the permissions for SourceSafe, which can be a bit tricky. There are
  two sets of permissions that must be reviewed: Share permissions and
  Directory permissions. The directory permissions override the settings of the
  share permissions. Because of this, setting up a share in this directory is a
  two-step process; you must set both sets of permissions. After setting up the
  share in the normal fashion, the NT administrator must also change the
  Security..Permissions to include SS users.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbSSafe310 
Technology        : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbSSafe600 kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe310NT
Issue type        : kbhowto

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