Customizing root space permissions

The community includes a root space, called community by default. From there you can add more spaces to create a hierarchy.

The root space is the parent to all other spaces and is designed to be a community-wide template for setting permissions in new spaces. When new spaces are created, their permissions can be based on the root space's, if only as a starting point to customize. You can customize the root space, setting commonly-used permissions that make sense for new spaces to have.

The root space permissions are applied to all top-level spaces which inherit the settings and are used as the default setting when creating a new space. For more information on setting up permissions, see Overview of permission assignments.

To customize root space permissions:

1. Go to the configuration page:
   • Admin Console > Permissions > Spaces, then click > Configure permissions next to the name of the root space.

     The root space is the top one in the list; it's called community by default.

   • Advanced Admin Console > Permissions > Space Permissions, then click Edit default space permissions.

   This opens the Default Space Permissions page where you can set up the default permissions for the community.

2. Set up permissions for user groups.
   1. On the permissions page, under Groups with access, review permissions to user groups.
   2. To assign permissions to a user group not yet added:
      1. Click Add group.
      2. Enter the name of the user group to you want to add.
      3. Under Select Permissions, select the default permission level for the group.

         You can choose one of the default permission levels or click View/edit custom level and define custom permissions for the group.

      4. Click Add Group.

   The group is added to the list and the group members are assigned the configured permissions.

3. Set up permissions for individual users.
   Attention: We recommend creating and employing user groups with necessary permissions instead of assigning permissions for individual users.
   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 exception.

      This opens the Set exception dialog box.

   4. Under Access and administration, select the general permission level, and then select permissions for user.
   5. Click Save to save the changes.

   The permissions are applied to the selected user immediately.