Hi,

We’re still updating the doc but a draft version exists at:
- Use guide: http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Drafts/Rights+Management
- Admin guide: http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Drafts/AccessRights

Let us know if this new version is better!

Thanks
-Vincent

> On 27 Apr 2016, at 18:08, Guillaume Lerouge <guilla...@xwiki.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Iago,
> 
> indeed, the documentation is slightly wrong on this. Rights applied
> downstream take precedence over rights applied upstream, so you also need
> to give GroupA edit rights on the page.
> 
> One exception to this is the admin right, which keeps applying downstream
> in all circumstances.
> 
> Guillaume
> 
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Iago Lluque <iago.llu...@alineasol.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I have doubts about how permissions are inherited in XWiki v7.4. Does this
>> statement from your documentation still apply for this version?
>> /"*Note on permission inheritance*//
>> //When a permission is explicitly set for a given group or user at a
>> certain scope (page, space or wiki) then other groups and users must also
>> have the right explicitly set as well, at this scope or a scope upstream.//
>> //For example, when you decide to explicitly allow the view right for
>> "GroupA" on a given space, users that are not members of "GroupA" must have
>> the view right explicitly set either on the given space or on the whole
>> wiki to be able to view the space as well."/
>> 
>> I expose my problem:
>> GroupA with edit rights at Wiki level.
>> GroupB with view rights at Wiki level.
>> I grant GroupB edit permissions on a certain page => GroupA is no longer
>> able to edit this page (neither its children) until I specifically grant
>> them edit rights (again, as at Wiki level they have them). This contradicts
>> previous statement.
>> 
>> Could you please clarify? Thanks in advance!
>> 
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