Creating user overrides for spaces

You can create an override for an individual user of a space.

Fastpath:
  • Admin Console > Permissions > Spaces
  • Advanced Admin Console > Permissions > Space Permissions

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

To create a user override for a space:

  1. Go to the configuration page:
    • Admin Console > Permissions > Spaces
    • Advanced Admin Console > Permissions > Space Permissions
  2. Click Customize this space's permissions to start customizing space permissions.

    This option is available until the space inherits permissions from the parent place. If the space permissions are customized you will see a This space is using a custom permission scheme message.

  3. Under User Overrides, click Create a user override.
  4. 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.
  5. Click Set override to view the permissions you can assign.
  6. 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.

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

The user has the permissions you configured.