"The item $.... does not exist at the specified version team foundation server" - how to remove read permission from subprojects with tfdir

Question

Good morning,

I'm really sorry for bothering you with this question. We have exactly the same problem with one described in http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsversioncontrol/thread/24867ab1-b32d-4148-a850-3751d870c52d

We're using TFS2008 SP1. I also have October 2008 TFS power tools installed.

Unfortunately the step 2 of the solution proposed in the previous thread does not work for me


1) tf perm $/test /allow:Read /group:[test]\TestGroup
2) tfdir $/test/* | % { tf perm $_.serveritem /deny:Read /group:[test]\TestGroup }
3) tf perm $/test/grand/parent /allow:Read /group:[test]\TestGroup

When I run tfdir as it specified above, I get an error that tfdir cannot find the source control server.

If I add /s:server parameter there, it shows the different error:
Get-TfsChildItem : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name '$/Project/*'. At line:1 char:6

Project is the name of the root project in TFS.

I really appreciate your help.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Hi Dmitri,

Do you mean tf dir command?  The dir command displays the contents of the Team Foundation version control server.  I think Richard is using PowerShell Pipeline(I am not familiar with it)

You can use tf Permission Command to deny a permission. or do this in Team explorer. 

Best Regards,
Ruiz

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Answer 2

Hi Ruiz,

Thank you for the answer!

No, I'm talking about tfdir command from cmdlets. The problem and proposed solution described in the following email thread . I was able to mask the error by adding read permissions for the appropriate group to the root project. Although I need to remove it from the child projects to prevent the group from reading source code.

Unfortunately the syntax proposed by Richard Berg is not working for me nor I can find any documentation about the tfdir. Deny is not working for me either because it blocks the group from access to the child projects.

To recap - I'm trying to configure the TFS to give one of the groups access to only a few projects in the tree and block read access to the other projects

Thank you,
Dmitri

Answer 3

Can you try tfdir from a working directory mapped to a workspace on that server? Also, btw how many workspaces do you have on that client machine?

Answer 4

Random guess: is there a chance that you have the 2005 version of tf.exe in your PATH?  The Power Tools will only look in the 2008 workspace cache.  Running 'tf workspaces /s:<yourserver>' with the 2008 version of tf.exe should allow the cmdlets to work inside any directory where ordinary 'tf dir' works.

Answer 5

Can you try tfdir from a working directory mapped to a workspace on that server? Also, btw how many workspaces do you have on that client machine?

This helps with the issue. Thank you very much!