HOWTO: Set Up SourceSafe for Replication Under Windows NT

 Last reviewed: February 28, 1997
Article ID: Q128636
3.10 4.00 5.00 WINDOWS NT kbnetwork kbhowto

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows NT, versions 4.0, 5.0
  • Microsoft SourceSafe for Windows NT, version 3.1

SUMMARY

You can set up SourceSafe for replication under Windows NT to allow a database to be mirrored on a backup server, and thus increase network reliability. This article explains how to do it for SourceSafe.

MORE INFORMATION

  1. Follow the directions for setting up a replication directory as presented in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

          ARTICLE-ID: Q101602

          TITLE     : Configuring Windows NT for Replication


  2. Set up the permissions for SourceSafe, which can be a bit tricky. There
   are two sets of permissions that must be reviewed: Share permissions and
   Directory permissions. The directory permissions override the settings
   of the share permissions. Because of this, setting up a share in this
   directory is a two-step process; you must set both sets of permissions.
   After setting up the share in the normal fashion, the NT administrator
   must also change the Security..Permissions to include SS users.



	
			
	















	






KBCategory: kbnetwork kbhowto

KBSubcategory: SourceSafe vss vbwin

Additional reference words: 5.00 4.00 3.10 network permissions

Keywords            : SourceSafe vbwin vss kbhowto kbnetwork

Version             : 3.10 4.00 5.00

Platform            : NT WINDOWS








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