In plain English
Permissions are rules about who or what may use something and what they may do with it. Changing permissions means editing those rules for a resource. It can affect people, groups, or software processes.
In context
Here, it offers the action to modify the existing access settings for a resource, including who or what is allowed to use it and what each is allowed to do.
- Situation
- Reviewing app permissions, consent prompts, access scopes, and security warnings
- What it communicates
- offers the action to alter existing permission choices.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not say who may make the change or whether any requested change will take effect.
Examples
“They changed permissions on the shared folder so the finance group could edit the files while other staff could only view them.”
“Before the handover, change permissions on the document if the list of people who should use it has changed.”