Confluence 3.5 : Page Restrictions
This page last changed on Jan 04, 2011 by smaddox.
This page contains an overview of how to use page restrictions in Confluence. On this page: OverviewPage restrictions allow you to control who can view or edit individual pages. You can set the page restrictions from the Page Restrictions Dialog, accessed under 'Tools', 'Restrictions'. You can also set restrictions when editing a page, in the Restrictions section near the bottom of the page. When a page you are viewing has restrictions applied, a small padlock icon You can also access the 'Page Restrictions' dialog box by clicking the 'Tools' menu at the top-right of a page and selecting the 'Restrictions' menu item. For instructions on using the 'Page Restrictions' dialog box, refer to Setting a Page's Restrictions. Screenshot: The Confluence Page Restrictions Dialog Box The Confluence Permissions and Page Restrictions HierarchyPermissions and page restrictions in Confluence work within a hierarchical manner. For example, users who can access and modify global permissions (for instance, Confluence Administrators) can define which users can access and modify space level permissions (that is, space administrators). Space administrators can then define which users have access to create and modify pages. These users in turn can then apply viewing and editing restrictions to a page. By inheritance, these restrictions will also be applied to any child or descendant pages which are then added to that page. See the diagram below for an illustration. Diagram: Confluence Restrictions Hierarchy Requirements for Setting RestrictionsIn order to set or modify page restrictions, you need to have both:
Page Security RulesUsers can only view page or space content for which they (or a group they are in) have 'View' permission. Pages that a user does not have 'View' access to are referred to as 'inaccessible' pages. Visit Inaccessible Page to see how Confluence deals with pages a user cannot view:
It is not possible to conceal the existence of pages, though you can restrict 'View' access to page content. Inherited Restrictions and Child PagesIf a page has its 'View' restriction set, that restriction will be inherited by all its children (and their children, and so on). If a 'View' restriction is added to a page that has already inherited page restrictions from its parent, users must satisfy both restrictions in order to see the page. 'Edit' restrictions are not inherited from the parent page, only from the space. Example of Child Page RestrictionsConsider the page 'Documents', with a child page 'Executive', which itself has a child page 'Payroll'. To begin with, anyone who can view the space to which these pages belong can see all three pages. For security reasons, 'View' restrictions are set on the 'Executive' page, restricting it to the 'mycompany-management group'. At this point, anyone can still see the 'Documents' page, but you must be in the 'mycompany-management group' in order to view either 'Executive' or 'Payroll'. Since 'Payroll' information is considered particularly private, the 'Payroll' page then has its page restrictions set to only allow members of the 'mycompany-financial' group to view it. At this point, anyone can see the 'Documents' page, only members of 'mycompany-management' can see 'Executive', and only users who are members of both the 'mycompany-management' and 'mycompany-financial' groups can view 'Payroll'.
How to Open Part of a Space
Often there are cases for which a section of a space should be opened to a group or set of users (for this example, we'll call them group B), but the rest of the space should not be visible to your main users (for this example, we'll call them group A). In this case:
You can repeat this with any page hierarchy.
What would you like to do? View a Page's Restrictions RELATED TOPICSTake me back to the Confluence User's Guide. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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