Understanding question about Global Permission "Browse Users and groups"

Question

When i provide the; User permission "Administer projects" it enables user to modify "Projects settings/users and roles". I do not want that but Administer project is also needed to add releases, etc. So when i do not provide it users are missing core functionality.

Is there a way to change this behavior?

Alexey Matveev · Answer

If a user has the Administer projects permission, this user can not promote himself/herself to Jira administrator.

unknown · Answer

That's a pitty, thank you for your answer. But if i understand correctly only the project permissions can be changed e.g. it is not possible that someone provides himself full admin rights on Jira itself.

Alexey Matveev · Answer

I think I gave an answer in my answer. You can not split permissions. A user would still need the Administer Projects permission.