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diff --git a/doc/user/permissions.md b/doc/user/permissions.md index 4fd7c5abf78..9ecc8a80b3a 100644 --- a/doc/user/permissions.md +++ b/doc/user/permissions.md @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ to learn more. ### Cycle Analytics permissions Find the current permissions on the Cycle Analytics dashboard on -the [documentation on Cycle Analytics permissions](project/cycle_analytics.md#permissions). +the [documentation on Cycle Analytics permissions](analytics/cycle_analytics.md#permissions). ### Issue Board permissions @@ -237,13 +237,16 @@ To learn more, read through the documentation on ## Guest User -Create a user and assign to a project with a role as `Guest` user, this user -will be considered as guest user by GitLab and will not take up the license. -There is no specific `Guest` role for newly created users. If this user will -be assigned a higher role to any of the projects and groups then this user will -take a license seat. If a user creates a project this user becomes a maintainer, -therefore, takes up a license seat as well, in order to prevent this you have -to go and edit user profile and mark the user as External. +When a user is given `Guest` permissions on a project and/or group, and holds no +higher permission level on any other project or group on the instance, the user +is considered a guest user by GitLab and will not consume a license seat. +There is no other specific "guest" designation for newly created users. + +If the user is assigned a higher role on any projects or groups, the user will +take a license seat. If a user creates a project, the user becomes a `Maintainer` +on the project, resulting in the use of a license seat. To prevent a guest user +from creating projects, you can edit the user profile to mark the user as +[External](#external-users-permissions). ## External users permissions |