Article: Q132931
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 3.04 3.1
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbSSafe400fix kbSSafe300bugkbbuglist
Last Modified: 22-MAY-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows, versions 3.04, 3.1
- Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 3.04, 3.1
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SYMPTOMS
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A user without sufficient rights to add items in the SourceSafe database can do
so with the Drag/drop from File Manager option.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.
This bug was corrected in Visual SourceSafe version 4.0.
MORE INFORMATION
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To duplicate this problem:
1. Create a user in the SSADMIN utility with only RC rights on the $/ project.
2. Start Visual SourceSafe as that user.
3. Drag a subdirectory from the right-hand pane of File Manager and drop on the
$/ project on the left-hand pane.
4. The project will be successfully added even though the user does not have
sufficient rights to add items into the Visual SourceSafe database.
RESOLUTION
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There is no way to work around for this problem in Visual SourceSafe 3.1. Obtain
Visual SourceSafe 4.0 to work around the problem.
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbSSafe400fix kbSSafe300bug kbbuglist
Technology : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbSSafe304 kbSSafe310 kbSSafe304NT kbSSafe310NT
Version : 3.04 3.1
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix
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