Commit 6b575c32 authored by Evan Read's avatar Evan Read

Merge branch 'docs-353641' into 'master'

Add instance user types

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!81488
parents 953363c6 b9976c37
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There are multiple types of permissions across GitLab, and when implementing
anything that deals with permissions, all of them should be considered.
## Instance
### User types
Each user can be one of the following types:
- Regular.
- External - access to groups and projects only if direct member.
- [Internal users](internal_users.md) - system created.
- [Auditor](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/ee/app/policies/ee/base_policy.rb#L9):
- No access to projects or groups settings menu.
- No access to Admin Area.
- Read-only access to everything else.
- [Administrator](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/app/policies/base_policy.rb#L6) - read-write access.
See the [permissions page](../user/permissions.md) for details on how each user type is used.
## Groups and Projects
### General permissions
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There are several types of users in GitLab:
- Regular users and GitLab.com users. <!-- Note: further description TBA -->
- [Groups](group/index.md) of users.
- GitLab [administrator area](admin_area/index.md) user.
- Regular users.
- [Internal users](../development/internal_users.md) often referred to as bot or system users.
- [Auditor](permissions.md#auditor-users) with read access to self-managed instances.
- [GitLab Administrator](../administration/index.md) with full access to
self-managed instances' features and settings.
- [Internal users](../development/internal_users.md).
self-managed instances including settings and the [Admin Area](admin_area/index.md).
Each user can be a member in a [group](group/index.md).
See the [permissions page](permissions.md) for details on how each user type is used.
## User activity
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