debian-mirror-gitlab/doc/administration/user_settings.md
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Modify global user settings (FREE SELF)

GitLab administrators can modify user settings for the entire GitLab instance.

Prevent users from creating top-level groups

By default, new users can create top-level groups. To disable your users' ability to create top-level groups:

Omnibus GitLab installations

  1. Edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb and add the following line:

    gitlab_rails['gitlab_default_can_create_group'] = false
    
  2. Reconfigure and restart GitLab.

Source installations

  1. Edit config/gitlab.yml and uncomment the following line:

    # default_can_create_group: false  # default: true
    
  2. Restart GitLab.

Prevent users from changing their usernames

By default, new users can change their usernames. To disable your users' ability to change their usernames:

Omnibus GitLab installations

  1. Edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb and add the following line:

    gitlab_rails['gitlab_username_changing_enabled'] = false
    
  2. Reconfigure and restart GitLab.

Source installations

  1. Edit config/gitlab.yml and uncomment the following line:

    # username_changing_enabled: false # default: true - User can change their username/namespace
    
  2. Restart GitLab.