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Permission	Description	CLI Implications
JIRA System Administrators	Ability to perform all general administration functions. Additional project specific permissions are still needed for project actions.	Make sure all actions are available
JIRA Administrators	Ability to perform most administration functions (excluding Import & Export, SMTP Configuration, etc.)Can limit certain actions if needed. Additional project specific permissions are still needed for project actions.	Some administrative actions are available
Browse Users	Ability to select a user or group from a popup window as well as the ability to use the 'share' issues feature. Users with this permission will also be able to see names of all users and groups in the system	User lists and user management actions are available

Project Permissions

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Permission	Description	CLI Implications
Administer Projects	Ability to administer a project in JIRA	Make sure all actions are available
Browse Projects	Ability to browse projects and the issues within them	Needed to see projects in a list or issues in a project EVEN for administrators
Issue Permissions	Various	Determines what actions can be done.
Manage Watchers	Ability to manage the watchers of an issue	May restricts watcher actions
View Voters and Watchers	Ability to view the voters and watchers of an issue.	May prevents this information from showing accurately in list and displays
Comment Permissions	Various	Needed for various comment actions
Attachment Permissions	Various	Needed for various attachment actions
Time Tracking Permissions	Various	Needed for various work related actions