# Permissions and access

Start from what you are seeing rather than from what you think is broken. Each page below names the symptom, explains why it happens, and says what to do about it.

Several of these are the product working as designed, which is worth knowing before anybody raises a ticket.

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## At a glance

| **Symptom**                                                                                         | **Usually because**                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| Turned on "Restrict publish permissions" but everyone can still publish                             | The restriction only takes effect when the Allowed publishers list has at least one person in it. Switched on with an empty list, publishing stays open to everyone with edit rights.          |
| Cannot save my publishing settings, or bulk publish is greyed out, and I am told a maintenance task | A cleanup or rebuild is in progress for that space. Saving throws "A maintenance task (cleanup or rebuild) is currently running for this space" and the maintenance cards say "Cannot publish  |
| Anonymous readers see nothing from Publishing, or just a "Powered by Capable" panel                 | The Publishing byline requires the viewer to be signed in. In the standalone Publishing app the space and global pages do open for anonymous and unlicensed viewers, but they deliberately sho |

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## In this section

[Turned on "Restrict publish permissions" but everyone can still publishI turned on "Restrict publish permissions" but everyone can still publish.](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/turned-on-restrict-publish-permissions-but-everyone-can-still-publish.html)[Cannot save my publishing settings, or bulk publish is greyed out, and I am told a maintenance taskI cannot save my publishing settings, or bulk publish is greyed out, and I am told a maintenance task is running.](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/cannot-save-my-publishing-settings-or-bulk-publish-is-greyed-out-and-i-am-told-a-maintenance-task.html)[Anonymous readers see nothing from Publishing, or just a "Powered by Capable" panelAnonymous readers see nothing from Publishing, or just a "Powered by Capable" panel.](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/anonymous-readers-see-nothing-from-publishing-or-just-a-powered-by-capable-panel.html)

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## Related

[TroubleshootingEvery symptom.](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/troubleshooting.html)

[ReferenceLimits and gaps.](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/reference.html)

[How it worksThe behaviour.](https://help.gocapable.com/publishing/how-it-works.html)

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_Most of these are expected behaviour._