INFO: Securing Visual SourceSafe (812483)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows 5.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
SUMMARYVisual 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 INFORMATIONMicrosoft 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.REFERENCESThe following documents are available to download for
Visual SourceSafe administrators and network administrators. These documents describe the nature of Visual
SourceSafe policies and the process of securing the database:
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