Microsoft KB Archive/166680

= PRB: Read-Only Visual SourceSafe User Can Modify Web Projects =

Article ID: 166680

Article Last Modified on 5/2/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q166680



SYMPTOMS
Users that are allowed read-only access to a Visual SourceSafe (VSS) project, but have been entered as Administrators to the FrontPage Web project can disable source control for the Web project, giving them full control over the project.



CAUSE
Visual InterDev allows all project administrators to enable or disable source control.



RESOLUTION
Only users allowed to enable or disable source control should be given administrator level access to the Web project.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
User rights for the Web project can be modified by selecting Web Permissions from the Project menu, while VSS user rights must be changed within the Visual SourceSafe Administrator utility.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Create a Web project.
 * 2) Enable source control for the project.
 * 3) Give user X Read-only VSS access to the project.
 * 4) Give user X Administrator rights to the FrontPage Web project.
 * 5) Have user X open the Web project in Visual InterDev.
 * 6) In Visual InterDev version 1.0, do a Project/Disable Source Control. In version 6.0, go to Source Control under Project and select Disconnect Web Project.

