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Placing this here for quick reference

https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/sps2003/plan/spst23to.mspx#XSLTsection123121120120

 

Right Description Default site groups

Add and Customize Pages

Permission to create ASP.NET, ASP, and HTML pages for a Web site

Web Designer, Administrator

Add Items

Permission to add items to lists or documents to document libraries

Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

Add/Remove Personal Web Parts

Permission to add and remove Web Parts to personalize Web Part Pages

Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

Apply Style Sheets

Permission to apply a style sheet to the entire Web site

Web Designer, Administrator

Apply Themes and Borders

Permission to apply a theme or border to an entire Web site

Web Designer, Administrator

Browse Directories

Permission to browse the directory structure of a Web site

Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

Cancel Check-out

Permission to cancel the check-out action performed by another user

Web Designer, Administrator

Create Cross-Site Groups

Permission to create or delete cross-site groups, or to change membership of a cross-site group

Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

Create Sites and Workspaces

Permission to create a new subsite or workspace, such as a Document Workspace or Meeting Workspace

Reader, Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

Delete Items

Permission to delete list items and documents from the Web site

Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

Edit Items

Permission to edit existing list items and documents in the Web site

Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

Manage Lists

Permission to create, edit, or delete lists and change their settings

Web Designer, Administrator

Manage List Permissions

Permission to change permissions for a list or document library

Administrator

Manage Personal Views

Permission to create, edit, or delete personal views on lists

Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

Manage Site Groups

Permission to create, delete, and edit site groups, both by changing the rights assigned to the site group and by changing which users are members of the site group

Administrator

Manage Web Site

Permission to perform administration tasks for a particular site or subsite

Administrator

Update Personal Web Parts

Permission to update Web Parts to display personalized information

Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

Use Self-Service Site Creation

Permission to use the Self-Service Site Creation tool to create a top-level Web site

Reader, Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

View Items

Permission to view items in lists, documents in document libraries, and Web discussion comments

Reader, Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

View Pages

Permission to browse pages in the Web site

Reader, Contributor, Web Designer, Administrator

View Usage Data

Permission to view reports on Web site usage

Administrator

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