Add to Project permissions/preference?

'Check out to Project' and 'Share to Project' are two very different actions, yet in 9.1 one must be able to 'Add to Project' before selecting whether it isa Share or Check Out.

In my testing I had to set the ACL in PDMLink to allow Modify to get the 'Add to Project' pick, at that point it is wide open to Check Out or Share.

Am I missing something? Is there a way to allow Share to Project, but not Check Out to Project?

In Reply to Russell Pratt:

The user needs Modify permission on the object in PDM in order to "Check it out to a Project", this is after all a check out action. Modify is not required if the user is only going to Share to the Project.

BTW, "sharing" is a very significant "Change Permissions" activity, as it results in potentially a very large new "audience" for the object. Hence the requirement to have "Change Permissions" permission.

Also note that there is a preference which controlls whether or not the ad hoc "Manage Security" action is ever visible in PDM.

Russ

A user must have "Change Permissions" permission in order to access "Add to Project". With that, a user with Read/Download only can access the UI and Share to a Project. While the user can select the "PDM Check-Out" option within that UI, it will fail with a permissions error if the user does not have "Modify" permission on the object. When the "Share" option is selected, the share action will be successessful without the Modify permission.

Russ