Confluence groups for administrators
Default groups
The two default groups in Confluence are:
- confluence-users - this is the default group into which all new users are usually assigned. In most sites this is the group that provides the permission to log in to Confluence.
- confluence-administrators – this super group grants the highest level of administrator permissions. Members of this can view all pages, including restricted pages. While they can't edit existing pages, they can add, delete, comment, restore page history, and administer the space. They can also access the admin console and perform all administrative tasks.
Create a new group
To add a new group:
- Go to Administration menu , then General Configuration. > Groups.
- Choose Add Group.
- Enter a name for your group and choose Save. Group names must be lower case.
You're now ready to start adding users to the group.
Delete a group
To delete a group:
- Go to Administration menu , then General Configuration. > Groups.
- Choose Delete next to the group you want to remove.
Deleting a group removes all permission restrictions associated with it. This means that members of this group may loose access to spaces that use this group to grant their permissions, and pages / blogs that are only only restricted to this group will become available to all confluence users.
If you have Confluence Data Center, you can Inspect permissions to find out which spaces are using this group, before you delete it.
Confluence-administrators super group
confluence-administrators
group grants the highest possible permissions, with complete access to all content and administration functions.
To find out more about what the various levels of administrator can do, see Global Permissions Overview.
About multiple user directories
Here is a summary of how the directory order affects the processing:
- The order of the directories is the order in which they will be searched for users and groups.
- Changes to users and groups will be made only in the first directory where the application has permission to make changes.