Help25:Users Debug Users
From Joomla! Documentation
View the permissions for any registered user.
How to access
Select Users → User Manager → Debug Permissions Report from the drop-down menu on the Back-end of your Joomla! installation when System Debug is enabled in the Global Configuration.
Description
The Debug Permissions report allows you to map out the exact permissions for any given user across all extensions on your Joomla installation.
Screenshot
Column Headers
List Filters
Filter by Assets
- Search Assets. In the upper left is a Search field and two buttons, as shown below.
Enter part of the asset name and press the Search to find matching assets. Press Reset to clear the search field and restore the list of assets.
Filter by Component, Start Level and End Level
In the upper right, above the column headings, are three drop-down list boxes as shown below.
- Component.
- Start Level.
- End Level.
- Page Controls. When the number of items is more than one page, you will see a page control bar as shown below.

- Display #: Select the number of items to show on one page.
- Start: Click to go to the first page.
- Prev: Click to go to the previous page.
- Page numbers: Click to go to the desired page.
- Next: Click to go to the next page.
- End: Click to go to the last page.
Toolbar
At the top right you will see the toolbar:
The function is:
- Help. Opens this help screen.

