Confluence 2.6 : Security Overview
This page last changed on Sep 19, 2007 by smaddox.
There are three levels of permissions in Confluence. Global permissions Global permissions are site-level permissions.
The permission to create a new space or to administer one is granted by a site administrator from the global Administration Console.
Space permissions Every space has its own, independent set of permissions. These permissions determine the access settings for different users of the space. In order to assign these permissions, a user must be a space administrator (i.e. must have the 'Admin' permission) for that space. See Users and Groups to learn how these permissions are assigned. Page restrictions You can further set page-level restrictions, if you have 'Restrict Pages' permission. Page restrictions allow you to control who can view or edit individual pages. Page restrictions are set when editing a page from menus below the text-entry box.
How do space permissions and page restrictions work together? Example: In the HR (Human Resources) space, everyone in the organisation has the 'View' space permission, but only the HR team has the 'Create' space permission (i.e. the ability to create and edit pages in the space). A member of the HR team starts to create a new page called 'Annual Leave Policy'. Because the page is not yet finished, she sets the page's 'Viewing' restriction so that only the HR team can view the page. When the page is finished, she will remove the 'Viewing' restriction so that everyone in the company can see the page. How do space permissions and page restrictions affect links? Space permissions and page restrictions affect how links between pages are displayed to a visitor:
Links to attachments are also affected:
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