INFO: Anyone Can Run SSARC.EXE if There Is No Admin Password

• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, 32-bit, for Windows versions 5.0, 6.0

SUMMARY

SSARC.EXE and SSRESTOR.EXE are utilities included with Visual SourceSafe 5.0 that allow users to archive specific versions of projects or files and restore those archives back to the original or to a different database.

According to the documentation, SSARC.EXE can only be run by the SourceSafe administrator. However, if the administrator has no password, any user can run the program.

MORE INFORMATION

1. Run or switch to the SourceSafe Administrator utility and remove the admin password (if there is one).



2. From the DOS prompt, switch to the VSS\WIN32 directory, and then type:

   "SS WHOAMI" (without the quotation marks)

   Your login name is echoed to the console.



3. From the server installation of SourceSafe, switch to the WIN32 subdirectory and run SSARC.EXE <archive file to create> <project>. Note that the program runs.



4. Run or switch to the SourceSafe Administrator utility and create an admin password.



5. Repeat steps 2 and 3, and note that you will be prompted for the admin password.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbSSafe500 kbSSafe600
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