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Q154486: PRB: Access Denied or File Locked When Log In to SourceSafe

Article: Q154486
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbSSafe310
Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001

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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 
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Macintosh, version 4.0a 
- Microsoft SourceSafe for Macintosh, version 3.1 
- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows, version 3.1 
- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, version 3.1 
- Microsoft SourceSafe for MS-DOS, version 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When users attempt to log in to the SourceSafe, they get one of the following
error messages listed by version and platform:

  Mac 3.1: "File '<path to data folder>:rights.dat' is locked."

  Mac 4.0: "Error reading from file '<path to data
  directory>:rights.dat'"

  PC 3.1: "Access to file "<path to data directory>\rights.dat" denied"

  PC 4.x and PC 5.: "Access to file "<path to data directory>\rights.dat"
  denied"

CAUSE
=====

The user may have read-only access to the data directory.

RESOLUTION
==========

At the operating system level, change the user's rights to the SourceSafe data
directory to include write or modification rights.

STATUS
======

This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES
==========

For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q131022 Required Network Rights for the SourceSafe Directories

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbSSafe310 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbSSafe310 kbSSafe310DOS kbSSafe310Mac kbSSafe600 kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe16bitSearch kbSSafe32bitSearch kbSSafe310NT
Issue type        : kbprb

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