Q131022: INFO: Required Network Rights for the SourceSafe Directories
Article: Q131022
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 4.0,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbsetup kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbSSafe310 kbSSafe311
Last Modified: 29-MAY-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
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SUMMARY
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Improperly setting network rights for the SourceSafe directories may cause
errors with the system.
MORE INFORMATION
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The following tables list the SourceSafe directories and the rights that need to
be set for network access. Full access includes read, write, and destroy
privileges.
For SourceSafe 3.x
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SourceSafe for Rights Required
Windows NT for
Directory Network Access
--------------- ----------------
\SS\WINNT Read
SourceSafe for Rights Required
MS-DOS or Windows for
Directory Network Access
----------------- --------------------------------------------
\SS Read
\SS\DATA Full access or read-only for read-only users
\SS\ADMIN None - But SourceSafe admins should have
full access
\SS\TEMP Full access
\SS\USERS\<USERNAME> Full access
\SS\WINNT None
\SS\MACROS Read
SourceSafe 4.0 Server Installation
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SourceSafe for Rights Required
32-bit Windows for
Directory Network Access
----------------- --------------------------------------
\VSS\WIN32 None-But SourceSafe admins should have
full access
SourceSafe for Rights Required
16-bit Windows for
Directory Network Access
----------------- --------------------------------------
\VSS\WIN None-But SourceSafe admins should have
full access
\VSS\DOS None-But SourceSafe admins should have
full access
SourceSafe for Rights Required
MS-DOS or Windows for
Directory Network Access
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\VSS Read
\VSS\DATA Full access or read-only for read-only users
\VSS\TEMP Full access
\VSS\USERS\<USERNAME> Full access
\VSS\NETSETUP.X86 Read
\VSS\MACROS Read
SourceSafe 5.0 Server Installation
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SourceSafe for Rights Required
32-bit Windows for
Directory Network Access
----------------- --------------------------------------
\VSS\WIN32 None-But SourceSafe admins should have
full access
SourceSafe for Rights Required
MS-DOS or Windows for
Directory Network Access
----------------- --------------------------------------------
\VSS Read
\VSS\DATA Full access or read-only for read-only users
\VSS\DATA\LOGGEDIN Full access
\VSS\TEMP Full access
\VSS\USERS\<USERNAME> Full access
\VSS\NETSETUP Read
SourceSafe 6.0 Server Installation
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SourceSafe for Rights Required
32-bit Windows for
Directory Network Access
----------------- --------------------------------------
\VSS\WIN32 None-But SourceSafe admins should have
full access
SourceSafe for Rights Required
MS-DOS or Windows for
Directory Network Access
----------------- --------------------------------------------
\VSS Read
\VSS\DATA Full access or read-only for read-only users
\VSS\DATA\LOGGEDIN Full access
\VSS\DATA\LABELS Full access
\VSS\TEMP Full access
\VSS\USERS\<USERNAME> Full access
\VSS\NETSETUP Read
NOTE: The immediately preceding set of permissions does not allow the user to run
NetSetup. If you want to allow a given user to run NetSetup (for SourceSafe
installation), make sure that you grant Execute permissions to that user in the
\VSS directory.
Although not recommended for performance reasons, if your SourceSafe Clients
intend to run the SourceSafe executables directly from the Network (that is,
they are not going to create a client installation on their local drives), then
modify the table above with the following changes:
SourceSafe for Rights Required
32-bit Windows for
Directory Network Access
--------------- --------------------------------------
\VSS\WIN32 Read-But SourceSafe admins should have
full access
SourceSafe for Rights Required
16-bit Windows for
Directory Network Access
---------------- --------------------------------------
\VSS\WIN Read-But SourceSafe admins should have
full access
\VSS\DOS Read-But SourceSafe admins should have
full access
NOTE: In this scenario, all users will have access to the maintenance utilities
(ANALYZE, DDCONV etc.) located in these directories. These may be moved to an
alternate location if desired.
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbnetwork kbsetup kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbSSafe310 kbSSafe311
Technology : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe600 kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe16bitSearch kbSSafe32bitSearch
Version : :4.0,5.0,6.0
Issue type : kbinfo
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