Microsoft KB Archive/154486

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

Article ID: 154486

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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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
 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft SourceSafe
 * Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SourceSafe

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This article was previously published under Q154486



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 ' :rights.dat' is locked."

Mac 4.0: "Error reading from file ' :rights.dat'"

PC 3.1: "Access to file " \rights.dat" denied"

PC 4.x and PC 5.: "Access to file " \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.

