## What is the default permission for a glossary?

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/product/capabilities/governance/glossary/faq/glossary-default-permissions

> By default, users can search and discover [glossaries](/product/capabilities/governance/glossary/concepts/what-is-a-glossary) in Atlan, irrespective of their user role. The rationale being that glossaries are meant to be accessible to all users who want to understand business context. You can define a [glossary policy](/product/capabilities/governance/access-control/business-graph-policy) to control what users can do with glossary metadata and [create a persona](/product/capabilities/governance/access-control/how-tos/create-a-persona) to curate edit access.

By default, users can search and discover [glossaries](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/glossary/what-is-a-glossary/llms.txt) in Atlan, irrespective of their user role. The rationale being that glossaries are meant to be accessible to all users who want to understand business context. You can define a [glossary policy](https://docs.atlan.com/product/capabilities/governance/access-control/business-graph-policy) to control what users can do with glossary metadata and [create a persona](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/access-control/create-a-persona/llms.txt) to curate edit access.

In addition, admins can [turn off the default behavior](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/access-control/access-control-settings/llms.txt), so that your member and guest users will only have access to the glossaries curated through glossary policies in their personas.

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