Defining Permissions

There are the following kinds of permissions:

• Access permissions allow users to display, change, or delete items. You can define these permissions for both folders and documents or other items.

• Service permissions allow users to use certain functions, for example, to subscribe to folders. You can define these permissions only for folders.

You define permissions in access control lists (ACLs). An entry in an access control list grants a specific access permission, for example, read permission, to a user, group, or role.

There are two separate access control lists for permissions and service permissions.

• Defining the access permissions

  You can define access permissions for folders and other items such as documents. For more information, see Defining Access Permissions .

  Note

  Your administrator can set up the system in such a way that you must define the access permissions in the NTFS file system. In this case, you can only display the permissions in the portal.

• Defining the service permissions for folders

  You can define service permissions for folders. Service permissions allow users to use specific functions in conjunction with an item. For more information, see Defining Service Permissions .

• Defining the permission owners

  You can define the users who are allowed to change permissions. For more information, see Defining Permission Owners .

• Restoring permission inheritance

  You can reset the permissions for an object. For more information, see Restoring Permission Inheritance .