DOCUMENT:Q154486  04-MAY-2001  [ssafe]
TITLE   :PRB: Access Denied or File Locked When Log In to SourceSafe
PRODUCT :Microsoft SourceSafe
PROD/VER:
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbSSafe310

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
 - Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
 - Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0 
 - Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Macintosh, version 4.0a 
 - Microsoft SourceSafe for Macintosh, version 3.1 
 - Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows, version 3.1 
 - Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, version 3.1 
 - Microsoft SourceSafe for MS-DOS, version 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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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 '<path to data folder>:rights.dat' is locked."

   Mac 4.0: "Error reading from file '<path to data
   directory>:rights.dat'"

   PC 3.1: "Access to file "<path to data directory>\rights.dat" denied"

   PC 4.x and PC 5.: "Access to file "<path to data directory>\rights.dat"
   denied"

CAUSE
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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
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This behavior is by design.

REFERENCES
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For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

   Q131022 Required Network Rights for the SourceSafe Directories

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600 kbSSafe310 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbSSafe310 kbSSafe310DOS kbSSafe310Mac kbSSafe600 kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500 kbSSafe16bitSearch kbSSafe32bitSearch kbSSafe310NT
Issue type        : kbprb

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