I can access the location where the VSS database files allocate. I can also manipulate the users.txt file for VSS. How to How to add a user for Visual Source Safe without an admin account, but by directly manipulating the files?
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I can access the location where the VSS database files allocate. I can also manipulate the users.txt file for VSS. How to How to add a user for Visual Source Safe without an admin account, but by directly manipulating the files?
How about simply resetting the VSS admin password?
My feeling is that it’s a gamble when it comes to editing files for VSS. Yes, they’re just files, but what side effects could there be by taking this backdoor approach? It’s an unknown quantity on what actually happens within the VSS Admin console when adding a new user. Why not just do it the right way?