Special Users / Special Projects
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Special Users / Special Projects
We can make a project private on Mantis. This allows it to be viewed by specific users. However, how can I do this if I want projects with a public status to be invisible to specific users?
Re: Special Users / Special Projects
In Mantis, the visibility settings work the other way around — you can make a project private and then explicitly grant access to selected users, but you can’t hide a public project from specific users using the standard permissions model.
If you need that level of control, you have a few options:
Convert the project to private and manually add the users who should see it.
Create a custom access level or plugin that filters project visibility based on user roles or groups.
Alternatively, use category-level or issue-level restrictions, though that won’t fully hide the project name itself.
By design, public projects are visible to all users who can log in, so hiding them selectively would require customization or a plugin approach.
If you need that level of control, you have a few options:
Convert the project to private and manually add the users who should see it.
Create a custom access level or plugin that filters project visibility based on user roles or groups.
Alternatively, use category-level or issue-level restrictions, though that won’t fully hide the project name itself.
By design, public projects are visible to all users who can log in, so hiding them selectively would require customization or a plugin approach.