Assigning Permissions to Roles

The list of all the currently defined permissions is available at Manage > People > Permissions.

The permissions are grouped by the module that added them to the system.

Example permission groups include:

  • Comment (permissions related to the comment system)
  • Contact (permissions related to the contact forms)
  • Node (permissions related to creating, editing, and deleting nodes)
  • Taxonomy (permissions related to creating, editing, and deleting taxonomy terms)

To assign a permission to a role, select the matching checkbox and save the changes.

Example:

To let visitors (anonymous users) use the site's search box:

  • select the checkbox at the intersection of the use search permission and anonymous user column
  • save the changes