Description
When an edit restriction is added to a page, only that page is affected. Normally, this is the desired behavior. However, is some cases, allowing all descendents inherit the edit restriction is desirable. Confluence doesn't have a user interface to allow this, but a single CLI command does this. The command operates on the descendent pages that currently exist - new pages would need to be manually restricted or the command re-run.
Add edit permission
confluence --action addPermissions --space experiment --title "permissions head" --permissions edit --userId automation --descendents 4 descendent pages had Edit permission added. [Edit] permissions where added to page: 'permissions head' in space: 'experiment' for: 'automation'.
Remove edit permission
confluence --action removePermissions --space experiment --title "permissions head" --permissions edit --userId automation --descendents 4 descendent pages had permission Edit removed. [Edit] permissions where removed from page: 'permissions head' in space: 'experiment' for: 'automation'.
Groups can also be used
Replace --userId with --group
Removing all edit permissions
Removing all edit permissions, opens up the page for all space users to edit the page.