Give read access to only one user and others have write access to one of the project.

[Shilpa Shetty]

I want to give read-only access (view only access without being able to move issues or tasks or add comments) to a single user and others can have write access to one of the projects on the Jira board. This user should not be able to browser/view any other project except the one he is assigned to.

[Sanjog Sigdel · Accepted solution]

Hey @Shilpa Shetty this might make things clear. Please let me know if this won't solve your issue.

• Copy the default Software Permission Scheme.
• First create the group of your team excluding that individual user
• Now by default your copied permission schems should provide every access that it currently has to your team group. First make sure all of your team members except one is able to browse, comment, update tickets, workflow, transition the issue log the hours etc.
• Once you update that remove the section Any LoggedIn Users, wherever it is mentioend. From almost all permissions. Your guy is able to view the poject because viewing the project, tickets is enabled to all loggedin users. remove that.
• Now selectively update your permission Grant To Section and add User:- Peter to only the activity where he is supposed to see the items. Like browing the porject, view read-only workflow, etc. Donot include him in comment the issue, log the hour, etc. Choice is yours.
• Now that this scheme is a copy, rename it to Project Chndrayan 3 Permission Scheme. 
• Then in Project Setting -> Permission, switch/associate the permission of project Chandrayan 3 to Project Chndrayan 3 Permission Scheme.
• For all the other project leave the default scheme as is. Modify as per necessary. But always make a copy whenever you modify.

[Sanjog Sigdel]

@Shilpa Shetty  Did you get a chance to try this?

[Shilpa Shetty]

Details of how to create Role, Group and Permission scheme is mentioned in the below link. Thank you @Sanjog Sigdel , your guidelines helped.

Jira Cloud - How to Create a Read Only User | Jira | Atlassian Documentation

[Sanjog Sigdel]

Hi @Shilpa Shetty Welcome to the community.

Please check Jira  Software Permission Schemes. This will give you answer to manage project and activity to specific user or a group of user.

For reference go through the thread of this post for some information on Permission scheme:-

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Setup-a-new-user-for-a-specific-project-in-Jira-Software/qaq-p/2450910

[Shilpa Shetty]

Hi @[deleted]  - I have created a role and a group with a single user, also created a Permission scheme with following permissions, but still the user is able to see all projects, move tasks around, add comments, and so on. The user is added only one group. How do I associate a project with this Permission scheme as well as the default permission scheme because this user should have read-only access, where as other users can have read/write access.

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @Shilpa Shetty 

So by default Jira has a number of roles in the system. These roles are specified in a permission scheme, with their related permissions.

Project admins can then decide who will be granted what role and there will have the permissions defined to that role.

Off-course a permission scheme can also be setup with groups and users, but all responsibility then lies with the Jira admin.

For you request you would need to use or create a separate role, in the permission scheme used for the project, this role should only have browse permission

More information on roles and permissions can be found here: https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/understand-project-permissions-and-roles/ 

[Shilpa Shetty]

Hi @Marc - Devoteam - I've responded above, although I have added the user to a single group which is given above permissions, the user is able to browse all projects and edit them.