Roles and permissions

Questions about setting permissions and using roles in TeamForge.

Concept definition.

Can I block a user's access to source code?
From time to time, you may need to prevent a user from using a source code repository.
Can I assign a role to all users of the site at once?
If you are a site administrator in CollabNet TeamForge, you can assign a role to all the system users (non-site administrators) at one go.
Can I request a role?
If you are a project member in CollabNet TeamForge, you can request a role in your project.
Why don't I have access to the "Reported in Release" information in my artifact?
If you cannot see the "Reported in Release" information in your artifact, ask your project owner to add the role required to obtain access to this information.
How do user permissions in CollabNet Enterprise Edition map to permissions in TeamForge 16.10?
Permissions in TeamForge 16.10 are different from permissions in CollabNet Enterprise Edition.
Who can access an application?
Application permissions help you minimize the need to create and assign many similar roles for individual users. Instead, you can permit or restrict access to individual applications within the project for whole classes of users.
Can I delete an item if I have 'Administer' permission?
No. You cannot delete an item if you have the administer permission.
Can I disable creation of user accounts?
As of TeamForge 4.1 SP3, it is possible to disable the creation of new accounts by users so that only a 'site admin' can create new users.
Why do I see the project home page though I lack the necessary permission?
This has been set so that when users are provided access to a project, they do not see an empty page.
Why do you need the authentication and authorization plugin for Hudson?
The Authentication and Authorization plugin allows you to set up your Hudson installation to authenticate against a CollabNet server and specify access control for CollabNet users.
Can I control user access to an integrated application?
TeamForge can integrate the permissions scheme of a separate application into the TeamForge role-based access control system.
How does inheritance work?
Site or project administrators can create hierarchical relationships between projects so that one project can inherit members, roles and permissions from a parent project.
How does inheritance work for project groups?
Site or project administrators can create project groups and add member projects to the group, to manage several projects as a single unit.
Can I create new user accounts as "unrestricted?"
You can make all new accounts be "unrestricted" by default instead of the more secure "restricted."
Why can't Oracle connect to my TeamForge installation?
The simplest way to correct this is to overwrite the.jar included with TeamForge with the one from $ORACLE_HOME.
Why can't I move these artifacts into this planning folder?
To avoid confusion, you must observe a few basic rules when you assign artifacts to planning folders.
Who can access a project?
You control access to your CollabNet TeamForge project by a combination of project settings, membership rules and user restrictions.
Who should I allow into my project?
To decide how to control access to your project, think about what the project is for and who will be using it.
How do I give read-only anonymous access to cvs/svn repository?
Set the default access permissions of the project to public and allow Source Code to view permission for all or specific repositories to All users while restricting other permissions.
Who can access source code?
Project administrators can give project members specific kinds of access to a whole Subversion repository or any path within that repository.
Can I ensure that only site admins can create projects?
You can do this using Velocity.
How do user roles work?
Project administrators can define specific access permissions for individual project members. They do this by using global project roles and/or creating roles and assigning the roles to project members.
How does CollabNet TeamForge help protect data access?
Access to data must be strictly controlled to meet the security requirements of the enterprise. Strict data access control is achieved through a combination of firewalls, authentication, and authorization.
How does CollabNet TeamForge help protect my data?
Sensitive data must be protected from illegal access at various points in the system. Key areas where security is typically compromised include data transmission and data storage.
How do site administrator roles work?
Site administrators are default site managers who can create additional site administrators and delegate few site administrative tasks to them.
Which role is assigned to me?
There are several ways in which you could have been assigned certain roles in CollabNet TeamForge. Your access to the projects depends largely on the permissions granted to you via your roles.
Who can access project planning information?
A project manager should consider carefully who is able to change the project plan.
Who can see a project page?
A user can see a given project page if the page is not hidden and the user's role includes permission to see the page.
Who can see a project page component?
To see a given project page component, you must have permission to see both the project page where the component is and the tool that the component represents.
Who is an owner of the sub component?
The user who creates the sub component is the owner of the sub component.
As a project admin, why don't I have permissions to the wiki?
Most likely, your site was installed before TeamForge contained the wiki component.

Parent topic: Frequently asked questions about CollabNet TeamForge 16.10