In this recipe, we will look at permissions that control issue operations.
Just as we saw in the previous recipe, you can either use an existing permission scheme or create a new permission scheme. For this recipe, we will continue working with the permission scheme we have created previously.
Proceed with the following steps to set up permission schemes for issue operations:
- Go to the project you want to apply the project scheme to and click on the Administration tab.
- Select the Permissions option on the left-hand side, and click on the Edit Permissions option from the Actions menu.
- Click on the Add link for permissions you want to update such as Create Issue and Edit Issue. Issue-related permissions are grouped under the Issue Permissions heading.
- Select the permission type to apply and click on Add.
If in doubt or if you have users reporting permission-related issues, you can always use the Permission Helper tool (shown in the following screenshot) to check your configurations. All you have to do is enter the user's username, select an issue that is in the project, choose the type of permission, and click on Submit. The tool will go through your permission configurations and display a report that explains what is required for the selected permission, so you can work out why the user has or does not have the selected permission.
