Microsoft KB Archive/812483

= INFO: Securing Visual SourceSafe =

Article ID: 812483

Article Last Modified on 11/18/2005

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APPLIES TO


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

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SUMMARY
Visual SourceSafe is a client-side version control system for source code. It maintains a database of files in the file system of the operating system to which it is deployed. When Visual SourceSafe is installed in a shared network environment, a client user must have specific rights to perform operations against the file share where the Visual SourceSafe database is located.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe should be used in protected network environments by teams of trusted users. Visual SourceSafe provides a thin logon mechanism that identifies trusted users as members of specific projects in a database through project rights and assignments. This logon mechanism is used strictly by the Visual SourceSafe client application, and this policy is not enforced at the network folder level. You must use the operating system to secure database files in this situation.

