Microsoft KB Archive/131022

= INFO: Required Network Rights for the SourceSafe Directories =

Article ID: 131022

Article Last Modified on 2/24/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q131022



SUMMARY
Improperly setting network rights for the SourceSafe directories may cause errors with the system.



MORE INFORMATION
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
  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\  Full access \SS\WINNT             None \SS\MACROS            Read

SourceSafe 4.0 Server Installation
  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 --

\VSS                  Read \VSS\DATA             Full access or read-only for read-only users \VSS\TEMP             Full access \VSS\USERS\ Full access \VSS\NETSETUP.X86     Read \VSS\MACROS           Read

SourceSafe 5.0 Server Installation
  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\ Full access \VSS\NETSETUP         Read

SourceSafe 6.0 Server Installation
  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\ 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

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\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.

Keywords: kbinfo kbnetwork kbsetup KB131022

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