| question | How can an organization admin set default permissions for new members in a GitHub organization? |
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| documentation | https://docs.github.com/en/organizations/managing-user-access-to-your-organizations-repositories/managing-repository-roles/setting-base-permissions-for-an-organization#setting-base-permissions |
- In the
Accesssection of the organization's settings, selectMember privileges, then underBase permissions, choose a permissions level and confirm the change. - Default permissions are automatically determined by GitHub based on the organization's activity and cannot be manually set or overridden by admins.
- By individually setting permissions for each new member as they are added to the organization, with no default level available for configuration.
- Default permissions for new members are set through a GitHub API call specifying the desired base permission level for the organization's repositories.