About Access Privileges
Access privileges determine which portal objects a user
can browse or edit, which objects appear in search results, and which
can be added to My Pages and community pages.
Access to each object and document in the portal is controlled
through the following access privileges:
| Access Privilege |
Description |
| Read |
Allows users or groups to see the object. |
| Select |
Allows users or groups to add the object to other objects.
For example, it allows users to add portlets to their My Pages, add
users to groups, or associate remote servers with web services. |
| Edit |
Allows users or groups to modify the object. |
| Admin |
Allows users or groups full administrative control of the object,
including deleting the object or approving it for migration. |
Note:
- The Everyone group (all users) has mandatory Read access to authentication
sources, content types, filters, invitations, and properties.
- If a user is a member of more than one group included in the list,
or if they are included as an individual user and as part of a group,
that user gets the highest privilege available to the user for the
object. For example, if a user is part of the Everyone group (which
has Read access) and the Administrators group (which has Admin access),
that user gets the higher privilege to the object: Admin.
- Access privileges are based on the security of the folder in which
the object is stored. Changes to the security of a folder apply to
all the objects within that folder. For example, if a document in
the folder is shared with another folder (such as when a document
is copied from one folder to another), the security of the document
is changed in both locations.
