Default for restricting pages

Question

We have a few users that have their new pages edit-restricted to themselves by default. It is very annoying to them. I can't find anyway to make this happen on purpose, so I can't see how to keep it from happening for them. We would all appreciate figuring out how to enable them to make unrestricted new pages by default. Thanks.

Tom

Sean King1 · Answer

You're absolutely positive that these users are reading the page restrictions dialog incorrectly? I know I've had a few users who thought that it was "Restrict viewing of this page FROM" instead of what it actually says: "Restrict viewing of this page TO".

It is also impossible to restrict viewing or editing of a page from yourself. It will automatically add your name if you try and add someone else's without adding yourself so you don't lock yourself out.

Tom Wolff (Admin) · Answer

I have no idea what the Cache Statistics has to do with my issue. I found https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF42/Cache+Statistics and then decided there was no harm in "flush all." I'll just have to see if my users have the same problem. Thanks for the suggestion.

BernardoA · Answer

I suggest you to put some users as restricted and then remove them from the restriction, and then try to fush the cache  Browse > Confluence Admin > Cache Statistics > Flush all.