Commit 7d985db1 authored by Evan Read's avatar Evan Read

Merge branch 'weimeng-update-global-user-permissions-docs' into 'master'

Document global user permission configuration

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25632
parents c88535ae 7eac42c0
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- [System hooks](../system_hooks/system_hooks.md): Notifications when users, projects and keys are changed.
- [Security](../security/README.md): Learn what you can do to further secure your GitLab instance.
- [Usage statistics, version check, and usage ping](../user/admin_area/settings/usage_statistics.md): Enable or disable information about your instance to be sent to GitLab, Inc.
- [Global user settings](user_settings.md): Configure instance-wide user permissions.
- [Polling](polling.md): Configure how often the GitLab UI polls for updates.
- [GitLab Pages configuration](pages/index.md): Enable and configure GitLab Pages.
- [GitLab Pages configuration for GitLab source installations](pages/source.md): Enable and configure GitLab Pages on
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# Modifying global user settings
GitLab administrators can modify user settings for the entire GitLab instance.
## Disallow users creating top-level groups
By default, new users can create top-level groups. To disable this, modify the appropriate configuration file.
For Omnibus installations, add the following to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitlab_rails['gitlab_default_can_create_group'] = false
```
For source installations, uncomment the following line in `config/gitlab.yml`:
```yaml
# default_can_create_group: false # default: true
```
## Disallow users changing usernames
By default, new users can change their usernames. To disable this, modify the appropriate configuration file.
For Omnibus installations, add the following to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitlab_rails['gitlab_username_changing_enabled'] = false
```
For source installations, uncomment the following line in `config/gitlab.yml`:
```yaml
# username_changing_enabled: false # default: true - User can change her username/namespace
```
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See our [product handbook on permissions](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product#permissions-in-gitlab)
## Instance-wide user permissions
By default, users can create top-level groups and change their
usernames. A GitLab administrator can configure the GitLab instance to
[modify this behavior](../administration/user_settings.md).
## Project members permissions
NOTE: **Note:**
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