Doh. Thanks I'm an idiot (or VSS as lousy error messages). It was SSDIR problem - the existing SSDIR point to the wrong database - once I got that right everything improved.
So I think the problem was that ccnet et al were not users on the default database and hence all the user/name password problems. Cheers Mark On Mar 11, 11:06 am, Ruben Willems <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > <username>CCNet</username> > <password>CCNet</password> > <ssdir>\\servername\sharename</ssdir> > > sharename should point to the folder where the srcsafe.ini file resides > > this works for me > > with kind regards > Ruben Willems > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Mark Levison > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > My client (who should hang their head in shame) is still using VSS. > > I'm trying to setup a Continous Integration Server (CCNET) and failing > > miserably. When I invoke the command line instance "ss.exe" it picks > > up the user name from either the NT logon or the ssuer env variable. > > So far so good. The problem is that once you enter the password that > > it prompts for it declares that the user doesn't exist. > > > In this case I've created a user ccnet with a password ccnet and all > > the variations of the username I've tried (ccnet; \dev-edc\ccnet; \ > > \dev-edc\ccnet) have failed. Is there something clever (or very > > stupid) I'm missing here? Another format to specify the username. > > ccnet is sourcesafe only user - but I have tried the same with regular > > NT Domain user. > > > The machine is on the same domain as the source safe database and the > > gui launches without any prompting. > > > I've seen this page: > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/asxkfzy4(VS.80).aspx<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/asxkfzy4%28VS.80%29.aspx> > > and can't see anything. > > > Feeling like an idiot in Ottawa > > > BTW I know this is not VSS mailing list - but I'm at a loss as to > > better place to ask this question. Sorry for the off topic post. > > > Cheers > > Mark Levison
