Manage permissions for publishing
Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007
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When the SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature is activated for a site collection, three new permission levels and six new SharePoint groups are created. These levels and groups are automatically made available at both the site collection and site levels. As an administrator, you use these permission levels and groups to delegate specific areas of responsibility to different users for publishing sites. For example, you can limit which users have the ability to approve content for publishing by adding them to the Approvers group. You can also create your own custom groups, and assign specific permission levels to those groups. For example, you may want certain users to be able to both approve content and manage the hierarchy of content within the site, so you would create a new custom group for that purpose.
Although these permission levels and groups are unique to publishing sites, you manage them the way you manage all other permission levels and groups in SharePoint, by using the People and groups page, which is accessed from the Site Settings page for a site collection or site.
The following table describes the additional permission levels that are made available for sites after the SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature is activated.
Additional permission levels for publishing sites
| Permission level | Description |
|---|---|
Manage Hierarchy |
Can create sites and edit pages, list items, and documents. |
Approve |
Can edit and approve pages, list items, and documents. |
Restricted Read |
Can view pages and documents, but cannot view historical versions or review user rights information. |
The following table describes the additional SharePoint groups that are made available for sites after the SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature is activated.
Additional SharePoint groups for publishing sites
| SharePoint group | Description |
|---|---|
Approvers |
Can edit and approve pages, list items, and documents. |
Designers |
Can edit lists, document libraries, and pages in the site. Can also create Master Pages and Page Layouts in the Master Page Gallery, and can change the behavior and appearance of each site in the site collection by using master pages and CSS files. |
Hierarchy Managers |
Can create sites, lists, list items, and documents. |
Quick Deploy Users |
Can schedule Quick Deploy jobs. |
Restricted Readers |
Can view pages and documents, but cannot view historical versions or review user rights information. |
Style Resource Readers |
Have read permission to the master page gallery and the Restricted read permission to the Style Library. By default, all authenticated users are a member of this group. To further secure this site, you can remove all authenticated users from this group or add users to this group. |
For information about:
Determining whether you need additional permission levels or groups, see Determine permission levels and groups to use (Office SharePoint Server).
Creating a new permission level, customizing an existing permission level, or copying an existing permission level, see Define custom permission levels (Office SharePoint Server).