{"id":235,"date":"2026-04-01T09:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/?page_id=235"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:37:42","slug":"permission-inheritance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/overlaps-documentation\/configuration\/container-permissions\/permission-inheritance\/","title":{"rendered":"Permission Inheritance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To simplify the process, OVERLAPS does not support traditional permission inheritance. Instead, you can opt when saving permissions to overwrite the permissions for all child OU\u2019s with the ones being saved for the current container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/config-permissions-apply-recursively.jpg\" alt=\"Save Permissions - Recursion\" class=\"wp-image-236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/config-permissions-apply-recursively.jpg 504w, https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/config-permissions-apply-recursively-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Save Permissions &#8211; Recursion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The options presented are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Do not apply<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The permissions will be applied to this container only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Add permissions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will add the permissions of this container to the ones below it. This merges permissions with existing users, adds users to containers that they were not previously given permission to, and will not remove any existing permissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Replace permissions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This option completely replaces the permissions of child containers with the ones of this container.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To simplify the process, OVERLAPS does not support traditional permission inheritance. Instead, you can opt when saving permissions to overwrite the permissions for all child OU\u2019s with the ones being saved for the current container. The options presented are: Do not apply The permissions will be applied to this container only. Add permissions Will add [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":66,"menu_order":200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions\/237"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}