PRB: Rights from Parent Project not Inherited (186469)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 4.0a
  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 5.0
This article was previously published under Q186469

SYMPTOMS

Subprojects, that have user's rights set explicitly, no longer inherit rights from their parent projects as expected.

If a user's rights are not explicitly set for a project, the project inherits rights from the parent project. This allows you to control the rights of an entire subtree by setting the user's rights to the root project. However, once explicitly setting a user's rights for a subproject, reverting to inheriting rights from the parent project can be difficult and less intuitive.

RESOLUTION

To change the user's rights back to inherited rights, in the SourceSafe Admin utility, from the Tools menu, choose Rights Assignments for the user. Next, select the project to which you want to restore inherited rights and then click Delete Assignment. This should restore the inherited rights. However, this resolution limits you to making changes to one user at a time.

To change the rights for multiple users, from the Tools menu, choose "Rights by Project". This allows you to select multiple users and give them explicit rights relatively quickly. If you have just given explicit rights to 20 users, reassigning inherited rights can be tedious.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Add a new user named TestUser with Read, Check Out/Check In, and Add/Rename/Delete (RCA) rights at the root ($/).
  2. Create two projects, $/test1 and $/test2/samp.
  3. Using the SourceSafe Admin from the Tools menu, choose "Rights by Project". Select the project named $/test1. TestUser should have RCA rights for $/test1. Note that $/test2/samp inherits those rights.
  4. Change TestUser's rights for $/test1 to RC. Note this user's rights to $/test2/samp will also be RC.
  5. Change TestUser's rights for $/test1 back to RCA. The rights for /$test2/samp are also now RCA.
  6. For TestUser, assign Read, Check Out/Check In, Add/Rename/Delete and Destroy (RCAD) rights for $/. TestUser's rights for $/test1 are still RCA.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/20/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB186469
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