The following sections explain how to check what permissions are defined for files, list items, document libraries, and lists.
Check Permissions on Files and List Items
To check what
permissions are set on a file or list item, you must have the right to
manage permissions on the file or item. If you don’t have the
appropriate permissions, the option to manage them is not available.
To manage the permissions on a
file in a document library or a list item in a list, select the file or
item. Then, in the Documents ribbon or Items ribbon, click the Document
Permissions button or the Item Permission button, as shown in Figure 1.
Clicking this button opens a page that shows the permissions for the file or item you’re looking at (see Figure 2).
On this page, you can see what permissions each user or group of users
has on the file or item. This page is explained later in this article,
in the section “Read the Permissions Page.”
Check Permissions on Lists and Libraries
To be able to check what
permissions are set on a list or library, you must have the permissions
to manage the list or library. If you do not have the appropriate
permissions, the button to manage permissions is not available. To
manage the permissions on a list, switch to the List ribbon and click
the List Permissions button in the Settings section. In a document
library, switch to the Library ribbon and click the Library Permissions
button. The page that opens is the same as the one for a document or a
list items (refer to Figure 10.2
and see the following section). However, in a list and library, there
is an additional button in the ribbon called Manage Access Requests.
