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stage: Enablement
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group: Distribution
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Auditor users **(PREMIUM SELF)**
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Auditor users are given read-only access to all projects, groups, and other
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resources on the GitLab instance.
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## Overview
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Auditor users are able to have both full access to their own resources
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(including projects, groups, and snippets) and read-only access to _all_ other
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resources, except the [Admin Area](../user/admin_area/index.md). These user
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accounts are regular users who can be added to projects, create personal
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snippets, and create milestones on their groups, while also having read-only
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access to all projects on the server to which they haven't been explicitly
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[given access](../user/permissions.md).
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The `Auditor` access level is _not_ a read-only version of the `Admin` access level. Auditor users
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can't access the project or group settings pages, or the Admin Area.
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Assuming you have signed in as an Auditor user:
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- For a project the Auditor is not member of, the Auditor should have
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read-only access. If the project is public or internal, they have the same
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access as users that aren't members of that project or group.
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- For a project the Auditor owns, the Auditor should have full access to
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everything.
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- For a project to which the Auditor is added as a member, the Auditor should
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have the same access as their given [permissions](../user/permissions.md).
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For example, if they were added as a Developer, they can push commits or
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comment on issues.
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- The Auditor can't view the Admin Area, or perform any administration actions.
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For more information about what an Auditor can or can't do, see the
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[Permissions and restrictions of an Auditor user](#permissions-and-restrictions-of-an-auditor-user)
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section.
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## Use cases
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The following use cases describe some situations where Auditor users could be
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helpful:
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- Your compliance department wants to run tests against the entire GitLab base
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to ensure users are complying with password, credit card, and other sensitive
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data policies. With Auditor users, this can be achieved very without having
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to give them user administration rights or using the API to add them to all projects.
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- If particular users need visibility or access to most of all projects in
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your GitLab instance, instead of manually adding the user to all projects,
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you can create an Auditor user and then share the credentials with those users
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to which you want to grant access.
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## Adding an Auditor user
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To create a new Auditor user:
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1. Create a new user or edit an existing one by navigating to
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**Admin Area > Users**. The option of the access level is located in
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the 'Access' section.
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1. Select **Save changes** or **Create user** for the changes to take effect.
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To revoke Auditor permissions from a user, make them a regular user by
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following the previous steps.
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Additionally users can be set as an Auditor using [SAML groups](../integration/saml.md#auditor-groups).
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## Permissions and restrictions of an Auditor user
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An Auditor user should be able to access all projects and groups of a GitLab
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instance, with the following permissions and restrictions:
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- Has read-only access to the API
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- Can access projects that are:
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- Private
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- Public
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- Internal
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- Can read all files in a repository
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- Can read issues and MRs
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- Can read project snippets
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- Cannot be Administrator and Auditor at the same time
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- Cannot access the Admin Area
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- In a group or project they're not a member of:
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- Cannot access project settings
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- Cannot access group settings
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- Cannot commit to repository
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- Cannot create or comment on issues and MRs
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- Cannot create or modify files from the Web UI
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- Cannot merge a merge request
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- Cannot create project snippets
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