Creating user overrides

For particular users, you can create exceptions to permissions rules you've set up by creating user overrides. When you create a user override, you might be further limiting a user's access, but you could also be broadening it, for example, to add administrative abilities to the user.

This is a general overview of the steps you should take to configure user overrides. You can find the detailed procedures in other documentation sections.

About user overrides

To grant a particular set of permissions to an individual, you create a user override. An override can be used if:

  • A user requires a particular set of permissions for a place, but isn't (and shouldn't be) a member of a permissions user group to which you've already assigned permissions for the place.
  • A user is a member of a permissions user group to which you've assigned permissions for a place, but the person requires a different set of permissions than those received as a member of the place — if the person is an exception to the rule. For example, you might want to separately define the user permissions to enhance or limit their access in the place.

Creating user overrides

To create a user override on the permissions page you're editing:

  1. Under User Overrides, click Create a user override.
  2. In the box, start typing the name of the user for whom you want to set the override. Click the user's name when you see it show up.
  3. Click Set override to view the permissions you can assign.
  4. In the permissions dialog box, select and clear check boxes to assign the user only the required permissions.

    Note that you clear a check box to remove a permission — there's no need to revoke the permission explicitly.

  5. Click Set Permissions to save the override you've created.

The user has the permissions you configured.