Overview

Permissions

  • Permissions are granted to roles (and only to roles) in order to allow something to users or groups which have these roles.

Roles

  • Roles are used to grant permissions. Typical roles are Reader, Manager or Editor.

Local Roles

  • Local roles are roles which are assigned to users and groups for specific content objects.

Users

  • Users are actors which may need a permission to do something within the system.
  • Users can be member of several groups.
  • User can have several roles, directly or via a membership to a group (these are considered as global).
  • User can have local roles, directly or via a membership to a group. That is roles for a specific object.
  • Users have all roles of their groups - global and local ones.
  • Users have all permissions of their roles - global and local ones.

Groups

  • Groups combines users together.
  • Groups can have roles (these are considered as global).
  • Groups can have local roles, that is roles for a specific object.
  • Groups has all permissions of their roles - global and local ones.
  • Users of a Group have the group’s roles and permissions.

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