Editing files in wwwroot subfolders

I don't know whether this is a problem with Vista, IIS 7, or my brain, but I
cannot reproduce a setup I like working with on XP on my new Vista system.

The HTML files are checked into a project in Visual SourceSafe 8, with its
working folder set to C:\inetpub\wwwroot, or subfolders thereof. When a
change is required, it's a simple case of checking out the file, editing it,
immediately viewing the changes in IE, then checking it back in if all is
correct. This is all done on the local hard drive, so the files are
separately published to the live server.

The problem on Vista is that the IIS subfolders are always read-only, even
after I explicitly remove that attribute, and grant myself permission to do
so. Some mysterious process follows on behind and resets the attribute.
Can anyone suggest a solution?

Thanks, Keith

Re: Editing files in wwwroot subfolders

I don't see any problems. You are publishing Read-Only files under
source control to a live server, and the live server's files also have
Read-Only attribute. Seems fine to me, as long as the Publishing
process can overwrite Read-Only files on future updates.

I doubt that IIS7 or Vista is changing file attributes like that. I
suspect the publishing process may be automated and on-going, so it
keeps re-applying the Read-Only attribute from Source Control, for
whatever reason.

I guess I just don't see any problems, unless you want mutable
websites on the Live Server but controlled websites on development.


//David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
//




On Feb 27, 6:50 am, "Keith MacDonald" wrote:
> I don't know whether this is a problem with Vista, IIS 7, or my brain, but I
> cannot reproduce a setup I like working with on XP on my new Vista system.
>
> The HTML files are checked into a project in Visual SourceSafe 8, with its
> working folder set to C:\inetpub\wwwroot, or subfolders thereof. When a
> change is required, it's a simple case of checking out the file, editing it,
> immediately viewing the changes in IE, then checking it back in if all is
> correct. This is all done on the local hard drive, so the files are
> separately published to the live server.
>
> The problem on Vista is that the IIS subfolders are always read-only, even
> after I explicitly remove that attribute, and grant myself permission to do
> so. Some mysterious process follows on behind and resets the attribute.
> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>
> Thanks, Keith

Re: Editing files in wwwroot subfolders

Keith wrote on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:50:26 -0000:

> I don't know whether this is a problem with Vista, IIS 7, or my brain, but
> I cannot reproduce a setup I like working with on XP on my new Vista
> system.
>
> The HTML files are checked into a project in Visual SourceSafe 8, with its
> working folder set to C:\inetpub\wwwroot, or subfolders thereof. When a
> change is required, it's a simple case of checking out the file, editing
> it, immediately viewing the changes in IE, then checking it back in if all
> is correct. This is all done on the local hard drive, so the files are
> separately published to the live server.
>
> The problem on Vista is that the IIS subfolders are always read-only, even
> after I explicitly remove that attribute, and grant myself permission to
> do so. Some mysterious process follows on behind and resets the
> attribute. Can anyone suggest a solution?
>
> Thanks, Keith

If Vista is like XP and W2K3, the Read Only attribute on folders is
meaningless. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/ for more info.

Dan