Lack Edit Access in Confluence

Question

Lack Edit access to confluence page despite granting the access and getting error message "Someone needs additional access - They need access elsewhere first before they can have indicated access to <space name>.

Barbara Szczesniak · Answer

@Rajasekar Chinnaiyan Welcome to the Atlassian community.

* Does the person have a licensed or guest account in your Confluence instance?
* Is the person assigned to the space as a user or in a group with access? (Space settings > Space access > Users or Groups)
* In addition to All > View permissions, does the person have Add permissions for Pages, live docs, whiteboards, databases, and Smart Links? This is required to be able to edit. If they are in both a group for the space and as a user on the space, the permissions assigned to the individual user override the permissions of the group.

* Is the page restricted for editing (click the Share button for the page)? For example, in the screenshot below, you can see that anyone with All > View in the space can view this specific page, but only I can edit it:

Rajasekar Chinnaiyan · Answer

Thanks Evgenii. I've ensured the confluence space is open to all with Edit access but still no luck

Evgenii · Answer

Hi, @Rajasekar Chinnaiyan

In order to give someone permission to edit a Confluence page, you must also grant them edit permissions at the space level.If a person only has view permissions for the space, they still won’t be able to edit pages, regardless of any permissions you set on the page itself.