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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-54779

Improve Page Restrictions panel to differentiate between explicit permissions and confluence-administrators superuser permissions

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      Problem Definition

      Currently when a Confluence Administrator view a page's Restrictions they see themselves listed with Can view and edit permissions as they have this capability from that group's super user ability.

      This is confusing as the Administrator then expects to be able to perform changes like exporting that page tree to PDF, Word, HTML, or a custom XML export, but they are unable to as they still need to explicitly grant themselves permission. It is unclear that the admin can still add themselves though they are listed.

      Suggested Solution

      Adjust the Restrictions page to show when the permissions someone has are just from the Confluence Administrators super user group so that admins know they will need to add themselves explicitly for full permissions. (To perform actions like the exports mentioned above.)

      Note

      With the super user permissions the admin can still perform single page exports and the full space or site XML backups without issue

      Workaround

      Administrators can actually still add themselves explicitly to the page restrictions though they are listed via their implicit permissions from their admin superuser group:

      1. Access the page Restrictions as a Confluence Administrator:
      2. Though your permissions are listed, you can actually explicitly add yourself:

      3. After pressing Add for the permission it may seem like nothing was added, but after applying this you should be able to export

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              rlouie Robert Louie
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