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Visual SourceSafe - Automating Permission Setup

At this point there can't be too many shops out there still using VSS. We still have a couple of legacy databases out there that recently had to move to updated servers. Microsoft has a  nice guide detailing requisite permissions and shares but providing Modify permissions on the Users/<username> folder is arduous. Here's a little shortcut to help. CD into the relevant "Users" folder and execute the following command: icacls * /t /grant:r "vss_users":(OI)(CI)M